Hello everyone, Today, I have some good news of both local and regional importance to share. On 23 November, Estonian Research Council[1] handed out this year’s *Popularization of Science Awards*. The awards are given out by Estonian Research Council and Estonian Academy of Sciences with the support of Estonian Ministry of Education and Research to recognize the efforts of groups and individuals who have successfully worked towards popularizing science and the work of scientists and making it accessible to the general public. This year, *second prize in the Popularization of Science and Technology Using Audiovisual and Electronic Media* category was awarded to the *European Science Photo Competition*[2] held on Wikimedia Commons in November 2015. The award was received by *Ivo Kruusamägi*[3], initiator and organizer of the competition, as well as a prolific Wikipedian and a member and volunteer of Wikimedia Estonia.
The 2015 European competition was inspired by Estonian Science Photo Competition[4], first held on Wikipedia in 2011. WMEE can't thank Ivo enough for his hard work; hopefully, only the sky is the limit for the Science Photo Competition. Sincerely, Tanel Pern WMEE [1] http://www.etag.ee/en/ [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:European_Science_Photo_Competition_2015 [3] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kruusam%C3%A4gi [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject:Estonian_Science_Photo_Competition _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
