Training in Translating Scientific Research Findings for Non-Scientific Audiences

项目总结/摘要 目前美国的博士前研究生教育并不是为了训练研究人员如何交流 研究成果向非学术观众。人口资料局通过其 美国政策沟通培训计划，准备目前的博士学位。让学生们以这样的方式展示他们的发现， 政策受众（包括决策者、倡导者和媒体）可以理解和获取。 该计划的主要目标是扩大致力于政策的美国人口研究专业人员的骨干队伍 通信该计划的目标是：（1）解决研究人员在交流中面临的障碍 向政策受众提供与人口有关的研究成果;（2）吸引不同群体的博士前学生 （未来的人口专业人员）在其职业生涯中参与政策沟通;（3）向人口科学家传授知识 关于：研究为政策环境提供信息的过程，如何识别和传达 他们研究的政策含义，以及将研究结果传达给美国政策的各种工具/技能 受众 为了实现这些目标，PRB每年将选择12名美国博士预科生，他们将通过竞争性的 参加由三部分组成的培训计划的基础：（1）虚拟定位和介绍 美国政策过程;（2）夏季研讨会;（3）虚拟写作和社交媒体教学和写作 在学年中的任务。只有学生的发现，以使用在程序的写作和 并会挑选演讲练习参加。夏季研讨会包括写作练习， 介绍，让参与者使用自己的研究成果作为基础的经验， 沟通能力参与者还在PRB工作人员或完成培训的人员领导的小型工作组中会面 计划毕业生，在那里他们讨论他们的研究和发展的政策观众介绍。 为了增加培训干部的多样性，PRB建议修改参与者的资格标准，以包括美国。 在非协会机构成员的认可部门学习的博士前学生 人口中心。这一变化将使我们能够为从事研究的学员准备更多样化的人才库 Eunice Kennedy Shriver国家儿童健康和人类健康研究所的使命 发展、人口动态分支，有效地将研究转化为可理解的政策， 相关信息。根据项目毕业生的早期成果，我们预计R-25的应用将有助于 大大有助于扩大获得和使用关于主要人口、 生殖健康和人口健康问题，为美国和全球社会政策提供信息。

Project Summary/Abstract Current U.S. predoctoral graduate education is not designed to train researchers how to communicate research results to nonacademic audiences. Population Reference Bureau (PRB) addresses this gap with its U.S. policy communication training program, preparing current Ph.D. students to present findings in ways that are understandable and accessible to policy audiences, including decisionmakers, advocates, and the media. The program's main goal is to expand the cadre of U.S. population research professionals committed to policy communication. The program's objectives are to: (1) Address barriers that researchers face in communicating population-related research results to policy audiences; (2) Engage a diverse group of predoctoral students (future population professionals) in policy communication over their careers; (3) Teach population scientists about: the process by which research informs the policy environment, how to identify and communicate the policy implications of their research, and various tools/skills for communicating findings to U.S. policy audiences. To achieve these objectives, PRB will select annually 12 U.S. predoctoral students who apply on a competitive basis to participate in a three-part training program consisting of: (1) virtual orientation and introduction to the U.S. policy process; (2) summer workshop; (3) virtual writing and social media instruction and writing assignments during the academic year. Only students with findings to use in the program's writing and presentation exercises will be selected to participate. The summer workshop includes exercises in writing and presenting, giving participants experience in using their own research findings as the basis for building communication skills. Participants also meet in small working groups led by PRB staff or accomplished training program graduates, where they discuss their research and develop a presentation for a policy audience. To increase diversity of the training cadre, PRB proposes revising participants' eligibility criteria to include U.S. predoctoral students studying in accredited departments that are not institutional members of the Association of Population Centers. This change will allow us to prepare a more diverse pool of trainees pursuing research relevant to the mission of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Population Dynamics Branch, to effectively translate research into understandable, policy- relevant messages. Based on program graduates' early outputs, we expect this R-25 application will contribute significantly to expanding access to and use of understandable and useful information on key demographic, reproductive health, and population health issues to inform U.S. and global social policy.