Dissemination in Horizon Europe; increased importance
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Dissemination in Horizon Europe; increased importance
Following 7th Framework programme (FP7) and Horizon 2020 (H2020), the European Commission has revealed its newest research and innovation programme: Horizon Europe. The Commission announced Horizon 2020’s successor – an ambitious, €100-billion programme – in a recently published proposal.
Horizon Europe Vision
The main vision for Horizon Europe was articulated as follows:
“A sustainable, fair and prosperous future for people and planet based on European values. Tackling climate change (35% budgetary target), helping to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, boosting the Union's competitiveness and growth.”
Among the spearheads of the new programme is “Better dissemination and exploitation of R&I results and support to active engagement of society”. Ever since H2020, the Commission has placed a clear emphasis on the importance of dissemination and exploitation of research results.
Now they are taking it even further, stating that “Increased importance [is] given to D&E.” The reason is simple: better dissemination and exploitation leads to more impact, thereby improving the value of R&I funding.
After evaluating their previous programme, the Commission found some explanations as to why sufficient dissemination did not always take place:
- The perception of dissemination and exploitation (D&E) as “tick boxes”; not important to the “real work” of the project.
- A lack of skills (and/or interest) necessary for considering and sharing a project’s value, and its possible benefits to society as a whole.
- A lack of knowledge regarding the risks and opportunities involved in D&E.
- The absence of D&E in a project’s (core) design.
Science communication is an entire field in and of itself; doing it ‘on the side’ clearly causes a decrease in quality. And as for dissemination not being part of a project’s design: that is simply the logical result of the previous three points taken together.
Europe Science's solution
This is where Europe Science steps in – to take all of these struggles away.
How?
Europe Science takes over a large portion of your dissemination work, enabling you to share your research with a wide audience.
With more than ten years of experience in science communication, the Europe Science team has the skills to communicate your research in a way that ensures impact within society. We offer comprehensive services that suit your needs and respond to different opportunities.
Additionally, you can include Europe Science in your research proposal – making it a part of the design from the get-go.
Of course, there is more to dissemination and exploitation than being equipped with the visual elements that Europe Science offers (website, animation, etc.). But what we do takes away a huge portion of the work, thereby freeing up more time to focus on other aspects of your proposal, and increasing the overall quality.
The Commission has its own ‘dissemination platform’: the Horizon Results Platform on Cordis. However, this platform does not take away the burden of dissemination activities, solely functioning as a place to upload material. Neither is it very accessible to the general public: navigating through all the material is pretty cumbersome and feels non-intuitive. It doesn’t invite the visitor to explore projects and dive into all the beautiful research that’s out there.
Europe Science does.
In short: Europe Science can help you meet the demands of the European Commission in regard to dissemination and exploitation activities.
Find out all the possibilities on the Get Started page.
