Lewes Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) Festival 2017

该申请的目的是支持刘易斯STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）节的持续发展和扩展。该节日旨在鼓励公众对STEM学科感兴趣，同时也为当地社区（包括苏塞克斯大学、布莱顿大学和当地企业）的研究提供展示机会。该节日提供了一种有效的方式来接触包括STFC战略路线图中概述的主要目标人群在内的大量观众。该活动通过更积极地与家庭和公众接触，补充了其他教育和公共宣传活动（例如，苏塞克斯大学物理和天文学系组织了大量的学校访问）。第一届（2016年）刘易斯STEM节的第一场活动于2016年4月23日举行。这次活动以“STEM博览会”的形式，主要针对高一至三年级（5-13岁）的学生进行一系列与STEM相关的活动。尽管宣传有限（由于缺乏资源），展会还是满负荷运转（即我们必须实行一进一出的政策），在3个小时内吸引了约600名参观者，并获得了非常积极的反馈。尽管第一次活动取得了成功，但如果没有额外的资源，特别是在宣传预算（制作传单、海报和横幅等）和行政援助（制作宣传材料、组织各种活动、与当地企业联系等）方面，活动在未来几年的可持续性将面临风险。这个奖助金的直接目的是提供一些对维持和进一步扩大节日至关重要的资源。

The aim of this application is to support the ongoing development and expansion of the Lewes STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Festival. The festival aims to encourage the general public to take an interest in STEM disciplines while also serving as a showcase for research undertaken in the local community (including the University of Sussex, University of Brighton, and local businesses). The festival provides an efficient way to reach a large audience encompassing STFC's key target demographics as outlined in the strategic roadmap. The event complements other education and public outreach activities (for example, the University of Sussex Department of Physics and Astronomy organises a large number of school visits) by more actively engaging with families and the general public.The first event of the first (2016) Lewes STEM Festival was held on the 23rd April 2016. This event took the form of a "STEM fair" with a range of STEM-related activities aimed predominantly at KS1-3 (ages 5-13) students. Despite limited publicity (a result of the lack of resources) the fair ran at capacity (i.e. we had to operate a one-in one-out policy) attracting ~600 visitors over 3 hours and received extremely positive feedback. Despite the success of this first event the tenability of the event in future years is at risk without additional resources, particularly in the form of a publicity budget (to produce flyers, posters, and banners etc.) and administrative assistance (for the production of publicity materials, organising the various activities, making contacts with local businesses etc.). The immediate aim of this grant is to provide some of the resources critical to maintaining and further expanding the festival.