Challenge

The Galician Agency for Innovation (GAIN) identified a knowledge exchange and communication skills gap in their research community, which is essential for securing research grants and achieving impactful outcomes.

To address this challenge, GAIN initiated a three-month capacity-building programme focused on three key areas:

• Knowledge exchange and commercialisation (KEC) fundamentals
• Communicating research and engaging with stakeholders
• Understanding the ecosystem, promoting collaboration, and creating impact

In this block, researchers were guided through practical exercises and examples on how to translate complex research findings into content that non-specialist audiences can understand.

At the end of this block, researchers were invited to pitch their research to the group in a 3-minute presentation.

Impact

The programme was delivered to 25 Early Career Researchers from different research groups in Galicia (Spain).

Participants gained a better understanding of how to develop and de-risk their projects in practical ways, collaborate to accelerate their research, and create impact and new opportunities within their innovation ecosystem.

Oxentia's trainer's hands-on approach, followed throughout the three blocks, was commended by participants.