Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation: What Are the Differences?
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Communication, dissemination and exploitation are important parts of all knowledge generating activities, but often ignored or neglected by funding agencies and researchers.
Since H2020, the European Commission started to emphasize the importance of these three activities and included them as mandatory parts of all projects, integrating them in the impact assessment. As a result, all applications now have a work package and - often - a partner especially dedicated to these tasks.
How are they different?
Communication aims to promote our project and its results to multiple audiences, such as citizens, media, stakeholders and, to a lesser extent, other scientists. Activities begin and end with the start and end of the project and aim to engage with stakeholders, attract the best experts to our team, generate market need, increase public awareness, and show how public funding is being used. The best results are achieved with communication professionals.
Dissemination Dissemination is about making the project results visible to the public, in particular the more specialized audiences, such as other researchers, policymakers or industrial stakeholders. As such, activities start as soon as results exist and involve publication in peer-reviewed journals, scientific conferences, but also in the most appropriate media. The goal is to maximize the impact of the results and allow other researchers to contribute, leading to advancing the state of the art. The key players in these activities are the researchers.
Exploitation concerns the implementation of project results for commercial, social or political purposes. It usually starts towards the end of the project, through the creation of prototypes, software, roadmaps, white-papers, or other tangible, tradable assets. Associated with this are activities of property protection and business plans, as they can lead to innovations in the commercial and/or legislative field. The intervention and leadership of business and intellectual property management specialists is essential.
All three activities must be evaluated, so there is a set of metrics that must be used to track the success of their implementation.
António Soares, PhD
CINTESIS Executive Manager
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"If I can work on the issues
of the LGBTI community
and healthy ageing,
I will be a lot happier"
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Age: 37 | Research Group: AgeingC
Thematic Line: TL1 – Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges
Research Areas: Gerontology, Ageing, Dementia, Informal Care, Loneliness and Isolation in Older People, LGBTQI, Hoarding Disorder, Genetic Counseling
Sara Guerra was one of the faces of CINTESIS/University of Aveiro in MOAI LABS, a transnational laboratory, funded by FEDER (Interreg Sudoe) and led by the INTRAS Foundation, which brought together nine partners from three European countries (Portugal, Spain and France) and resulted in the creation of an innovative digital platform aimed at minimizing loneliness and social isolation of older adults.
As an integrated researcher in the AgeingC group, she has been involved in many other projects in areas as seemingly disparate as psychoeducational interventions in dementia, robotic animals, hoarding disorder, loneliness in old age, and developmental issues (such as generativity) in older LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex) adults.
Sara Guerra was born in Aveiro, where she lived and studied, and dreamed of being a singer or teacher when she was a child. She completed her degree in Gerontology at the University of Aveiro in 2008. In 2012, she completed her PhD in Gerontology and Geriatrics at the University of Aveiro/Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar (ICBAS) of the University of Porto, with a grant from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
In 2013, she turned to entrepreneurship, with the development of a business project in the area of social innovation - "LOCALCare", under a program promoted by Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Lisboa (BIS - Social Innovation Bank), with funding from IAPMEI. With the intention of gaining experience in the field, she worked, in the following two years, in a residential structure for the elderly (ERPI) and in the Portuguese Red Cross.
She taught at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC) from 2013 to 2014, at the School of Health of the University of Aveiro (2016), at the School of Education of Coimbra (ESEC) (2017), at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, where she was a Guest Assistant Professor from 2017 to 2018, at the Department of Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro (2020), at the Higher Institute of Social Service of Porto (2021-2022) and, most recently, at the School of Education of Viseu (ESEV).
It was about five years ago that she officially joined CINTESIS, which has allowed her to be in permanent contact with researchers and get involved in international projects. From 2021 to 2023, she worked full-time in the European project "MOAI Labs", which aimed to develop digital solutions to respond to situations of loneliness and social isolation of older adults, based on the "Living Labs" methodology. Currently, she is part of European consortia with projects (in progress and in preparation for application) in the area of technology for older adults and combines teaching with research, dedicating herself to the study of loneliness in old age and the older LGBTQI population.
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1-Year Ambition
To be happy in what I am doing, whether I am teaching or doing research. I would like to continue to be surrounded by a team that inspires me and that I feel comfortable working with. Ideally, working in research 100% and involved in international projects.
10-Year Ambition
My motivation, for sure, will change, but I would like to have some prominence in the research area, to be able to bring relevant contributions in the area of Gerontology. But if I could be working on themes related with the LGBTI community and healthy ageing I would be much happier. It is one of my greatest ambitions.
Life Beyond Research and Teaching
I really enjoy spending time with my four-year-old son and talking to him. I love to do sports, it’s fundamental for my mental health. I do crossfit, it’s very challenging. I love music, it’s one of my passions. I like cinema, dancing…. I started with funky, then turned to hip hop and taught dance classes. I was the lead singer of an original band in the hip hop/rock area when I was doing my PhD. Then I gave it up. Recently, I started taking piano lessons. These are areas that have a great importance in my life, but I don’t dedicate myself to them as much as I used to.
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Innovation, Events, Opportunities, News
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EVENT: The National Health Forum, an initiative that joins CINTESIS and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), will take place on April 21, in the Auditorium of the Center for Medical Research (CIM-FMUP). Rui Nunes, a CINTESIS researcher, is the coordinator of this Forum, "an aggregator space" that aims to bring together doctors and professionals in a reflection on health in Portugal. Participation is free, but requires registration.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Applications are open until April 3 for grants of up to 100,000 euros each in the scope of the program "Outlook to next 1000 years of insulin: Innovative delivery and monitoring systems", from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD) and Sanofi. More information here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (CMU Portugal) has launched a call for up to 12 Research Fellowships for affiliated doctoral programs in Portugal, in several scientific areas. Applications will be accepted until March 31. More information here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: The Portuguese Society of Senology is promoting the Noémia Afonso Research Award, which will recognize a project in the area of breast cancer. Learn more about this award here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has opened a call for PhD research grants. The call will be open until March 31. More information here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: The 3rd edition of the Maria de Sousa Award will support up to five young Portuguese researchers under the age of 35. Each selected research project will receive a maximum amount of 30 thousand euros. Applications close on May 31. More information here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: The submission of proposals to the RESTART Program, launched by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), will take place until March 30. More information here.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Applications for the CaixaImpulse Innovation call are open up to March 30. Find more information on the official site.
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