Research communication

We can provide all the services that any communication, marketing or PR business can provide, but from a science-driven perspective. We’ve supported individual scientists, research teams, national and global institutions.

Raise your personal research profile

Implementation plan 

This covers up to three hours of meeting in person or online, writing a short two to three-page plan with recommendations on social media, websites, messaging and other activities.

Website

Website including setting up a site, writing/editing up to 1,500 words. Our preferred platform is WordPress.

Media and communication training

Book yourself a place in an upcoming media and communication training workshop where you’ll fine tune your story with real journalists.

Media and stakeholder promotion

We’ll help you with media and stakeholder promotion of your latest paper or discovery, working in with your institutional team.

Speaker promotion

We will help you find opportunities to speak to public audiences. If you’re very good, then we can also seek commercial/corporate speaking opportunities. Fees by negotiation.

Raise your research team’s profile

Communication planning

We will create a 1 to 2-year communication plan for your idea, project, program, institute. This will help you identify your important audiences and how to reach them.

Online presence

  • A social media plan and implementation for you or your research group.
  • Personal/research group website including setting up a site.

Training

  • Media and communication training in one of our scheduled courses
  • If you can confirm six or more places we can hold the training at your institute.
  • We also offer a range of bespoke training courses. Have a look here, or contact us for more information.If you can confirm six or more places we can hold the training at your institute.

Media and stakeholder engagement

If you have a peer-reviewed invention, discovery, significant idea we can:

  • Write a story and publish a story on our Stories of Australian Science website and social media channels
  • Write a press release, liaise with your institute and help you and them issue the story to Australian audiences
  • Organise a media call/media conference/launch event

Prize nominations

We can mentor your researchers in how to nominate for major Australian science prizes, advising applicants on key criteria, and writing/editing nominations as required. 

Newsletters, reports, brochures, displays

We can assist with all your publications from concept to design and production.

Packages

We can offer a small discount on packages of the above if you engage us for a series of services over six to 12 months.

Raise your personal research profile

For larger programs, centres of excellence, CRCs, university schools and faculties etc. we offer all the services of a corporate communication and public relations business, but through the focus of science.

We can help your organisation

  • Reach national and global media with your big announcements – major papers, launches, conferences.
  • Find new audiences – through our national and international promotions of science at AAAS, the World Conference of Science Journalists and similar networks of international journalists.
  • Make winning proposals and presentations to the ARC and other funding agencies.
  • Identify opportunities in prizes, ‘Years’, festivals and other events.
  • Mentor and promote your best researchers.

Why choose Science in Public?

Science in Public is Australia’s leading national science communication and public relations consultancy. Our team of staff and associates have over 150 years of accumulated experience in science communication and media.

  • We create communication and media campaigns that have impact for our clients.
  • We understand science and its interface with government, stakeholders, and society.
  • We are trusted advisors to Australia’s leading science organisations.
  • We mentor and support researchers in developing their own public profile.
  • We ensure our work remains true to the science.

We’ve been doing this for 20 years, take a look at our portfolio.

portfolio

How can we help you?

Niall Byrne +61 417 131 977 | niall@scienceinpublic.com.au

Sarah Brooker on +61 413 332 489 | sarah@scienceinpublic.com.au

Our team are located in Adelaide, SA and Melbourne, VIC.