  The aim of this paper is to present the impact achieved by Frascati Scienza
Association on society and research through the European Researchers' Night
project funded by the European Commission within the years 2006-2015. The
project has been devoted to raise awareness of researchers' work, encourage the
dialogue between researchers and citizens and the choice of young people to
pursue a career in science. The first scientific activities and cultural events
took shape in 2006, under the coordination of the National Institute for
Nuclear Physics (INFN), through the European Researchers' Night project, the
most important and significant event to promote the role of the researcher and
bring people of all ages closer to the scientific world. The positive and
successful experience of the first two events, pushed the researchers and
citizens of Frascati, where most of Italian research centers and
infrastructures are located, to formally associate in the Frascati Scienza in
2008, who started to coordinate the event from 2008. Frascati Scienza was
driven by the need to promote educational activities to citizens, young people
and schools, in order to involve the general public in science and to bring
researchers closer to society.
