Communications Plan and User Engagement
This applies to all ESRC fellowship and EPSRC Senior Media Fellowship applications.
Applicants should describe:
How they plan to engage with potential non-academic users of their research;
How they plan to communicate the results of their research to potential non-academic users of their research; and
The potential value of their research to users outside the research community.
This field must be completed using:
No more than 4000 characters, including spaces, tabs and character returns (2 characters)
Only the standard Je-S character set; and
No specialist characters and symbols (e.g. mathematical symbols) because these may not transfer successfully to other computer systems.
Please note that typing into a text box is not detectable by the system and is regarded as system inactivity. Please remember to save text regularly.
- THE FOLLOWING IS COUNCIL SPECIFIC GUIDANCE -
ESRC - Specific Requirements
The following are examples of user communities for ESRC research: industry, charities, universities, local authorities and other public bodies, government departments and independent policy bodies. This section should be completed with this in mind.
Potential impacts for academic and non-academic users of the research should be included as relevant.
ESRC attaches great importance to the communication of research findings both within and beyond the academic community. Please note ESRC's Communication Policy as summarised in the Research Funding Guide.
MRC - Specific Requirements
The following are examples of user communities for MRC research: industry, charities, universities, local authorities and other public bodies, government departments and independent policy bodies. This section should be completed with this in mind.
Potential impacts for academic and non-academic users of the research should be included as relevant. MRC attaches great importance to the communication of research findings both within and beyond the academic community.
The following should be noted:
Applicants should use this section to outline plans for engagement, communication and dissemination about your research and its outcomes with the research community and, where appropriate, with potentially interested wider audiences.
The MRC's Communications Policy is summarised in the Research Funding Guide
This field must be completed using:
no more than 4000 characters, including spaces, tabs and character returns (2 characters).
only the standard Je-S character set should be used.
no specialist characters and symbols (e.g. mathematical symbols) because these may not transfer successfully to other computer systems.
please note that typing into a text box is not detectable by the system and is regarded as system inactivity. Please remember to save text regularly
NC3Rs – Specific Requirements
The NC3Rs considers a strong communication and dissemination plan to be a key consideration in generating the highest 3Rs impact. Please outline how you will communicate and disseminate your research to scientific audiences, in order to encourage uptake of the 3Rs benefits. This should not be limited to just publications and conference attendance.
When writing your communications plan it may be useful to consider the following questions:
What plans, if any, do you have for communicating information about your work to the public?
How are these plans supported by the host institution’s own policies and facilities for communication with, and education of, the public?