(Science) Communication as a Door-Opener to Research Funding

The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is an alliance of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Together, they are pursuing the goal of creating and shaping an integrated research space in Berlin. This alliance aims to establish Berlin as a leading international science location. All workshops and events offered by the Graduate Studies Support Program are funded by the BUA and therefore free of charge.

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop, please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration. Please check our terms and conditions.

 

Objectives

Open innovation and impact-oriented research practices seek to improve the transparency, trustworthiness, reusability, and accessibility of scientific findings for the research community and society as a whole. The interdisciplinary and interactive training invites early career researchers to gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the rising demands of Science Communication and “Open Innovation” in funding scenarios, including stakeholder engagement strategies and “Impact”-oriented proposal design.
The dialogue-oriented training will empower participants via a mix of input, reflections and practical sessions. A major goal of the training will be to enable participants to meet the requirements of impact-oriented, open innovation processes in national and international funding programmes.

 

Content

• Science Communication and Public Engagement as tools to meet the new requirements for proposal design

• Introduction to “Challenge- and Impact-Driven” research and proposal designs

• Introduction to “Open Innovation”: Term, meaning, relevance in research assessments

• Measures to maximize impact: Communication, dissemination and exploitation strategies in research proposals

• Overview of trends in national and European funding scenarios, especially Horizon Europe, BMBF, DFG

 

Please note

For updates and announcemnets register to our DRS Newsletter.

Also check out workshops at the BUA partner institutions that are available for you free of charge: Graduate Studies Support Program.

For workshops held online, participation is allowed under the following conditions: a working camera that is turned on and a microphone to allow active participation in discussions and group work. Headphones must also be used to protect other participants from office eavesdroppers. In this context, we would also like to refer to the rules for digital courses at Freie Universität Berlin (Code of Conduct).

 

Further Information

Postdocs are welcome to participate if spots are available.