There are 3 goals in education and outreach effort at ASIAA:
The scope of work of Education and Public Outreach (EPO) team in ASIAA includes media relations, websites and social media, popular science write-ups and hands-on activities, educational and outreach activities and collaborations. We routinely announce ASIAA science highlights, and arrange news releases or even press conferences. ASIAA Facebook and YouTube channel have promoted the most updated information and videos. We regularly publish the IAA Quarterly (IAAQ) that has been sent to more than 150 schools in Taiwan. The educational activities include the annual Academia Sinica Open House and teachers’ workshops. We also collaborate with several museums and astronomical societies for supporting the related exhibitions and public talks. Please visit our Education and Public Outreach website for more details.
One of the central missions of the ASIAA is to help educate next-generation astronomers in Taiwan. ASIAA has been working with universities to train graduate students by offering a wide range of research topics in both astronomy and instrumentation.
Apart from graduate student program, we are also working to bridge the gap between astronomy teaching and research. The ASIAA Summer Student Program serves this purpose. The goal is to provide students an opportunity to study selected topics in astronomy, astrophysics and astronomical instrumentation which they might not have in their own university. In July each year we have more than 20 students from both inland and abroad to start their adventure in the world of astronomy research and in last August they present their first research results.