Generation Moon
A public mission, not a spectator sport.
Generation Moon is the proposed education and participation strand of the Institute. Its aim is to connect people across Scotland with real scientific questions, evidence and decision-making — especially beyond the usual centres of opportunity.
Activities, fellowships, school challenges and field experiences are proposed formats. Applications are not open and no places or funding are currently being offered.
Participation model
Different routes for different kinds of curiosity.
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Schools
Mission-question challenges, teacher-ready evidence packs and access to authentic data or test problems.
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Educators
Co-design networks, professional learning and tools that connect space questions to science, engineering, health, ethics and creativity.
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Students and early-career talent
Future fellowships, project placements, review panels and cross-disciplinary teams built around bounded work rather than generic inspiration.
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Communities
Local mission rooms, citizen-science questions, field dialogue and public deliberation about benefits, risks and priorities.
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Researchers and practitioners
Ways to translate work for public scrutiny, frame participatory questions and learn from people affected by programme choices.
Access
Design for geography, money and confidence from day one.
A national participation programme fails if it is accessible only to well-resourced schools, central-belt institutions or people already fluent in the space sector. The proposed design gives deliberate weight to rural, island, low-income and underrepresented learners.
Practical design questions include travel support, digital access, accessible formats, teacher workload, language, equipment, safeguarding, consent and whether participation creates a credible next step rather than a one-off experience.
Inclusion will be measured by who can enter, stay, contribute and progress — not by the size of an audience photograph.
Register interest
Help shape the network before it launches.
Educators, youth organisations, community groups and researchers can share the problems a national space-participation network should solve. An expression of interest informs design; it is not an application, award or commitment by either side.
Evidence and context