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18-03-2022 - Playful Research: Newly Established Mario Markus Prize for Ludic Science Now Seeks Applications
New award offers €10,000 for scientific work in the natural sciences that has emerged from 'playful' research approaches.
The Mario Markus Prize for Ludic Science was established by Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh - German Chemical Society) in 2022. It is designed to honour scientific work in the natural sciences that is 'playful'. For the purpose of the award, the term 'playful' is defined as research that includes discoveries that arose from research that was undertaken not with any specific application in mind, but simply out of curiosity about the natural world.
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