Training in Translating Scientific Research Findings for Non-Scientific Audiences

描述(由申请人提供)：培训未来的人口研究人员对于促进我们对人口和社会现象的理解至关重要，一个持续的挑战是使决策者、倡导者和媒体能够理解和获取基于证据的人口信息和材料。根据这一R-25申请，PRB建议将其高度重视的政策沟通培训扩展到现在和以前的NICHD培训中心受赠者，以便他们学习翻译的书面和口头技能 研究结果，使新出现的证据对美国和世界各地的政策受众更有用。该计划的主要目标是：(1)解决研究人员在向政策受众传达人口相关研究成果方面面临的障碍；(2)修改PRB成功的国际政策沟通研讨会，为美国人口学和人口科学博士生创建一个有效和独特的为期1周的政策沟通课程；(3)让不同的博士生(未来的人口专业人员)在他们的职业生涯中进行政策沟通；(4)向人口科学家传授：研究向政策环境提供信息的过程，如何识别和传达其研究的政策含义，以及向美国政策受众传达研究结果的各种工具/技能。为了实现这些目标，PRB将每年招收在竞争基础上申请的研究生，并挑选其中约14人参加一个分为两部分的培训计划：夏季为期7天的研讨会，然后是学年的写作作业。招聘的重点将是那些在论文研究方面取得足够进展的学生--通常是在博士课程的第三到第五年--这样他们就可以在项目的写作和演讲练习中使用自己的研究结果。在暑期讲习班期间，学员将学习向政策受众有效地传达研究成果所需的技能。研讨会包括写作和演示练习，让参与者体验如何使用自己的论文研究成果作为沟通技能培养的基础。与会者将以小组形式开会，由一名PRB导师领导，讨论他们的研究，确定其政策相关性，并根据研究结果为政策制定者制定演示文稿。PRB导师还提供指导，指导如何撰写网络文章和政策简介。PRB的项目活动反映了我们对人口科学的理解，并奠定了我们致力于促进以证据为基础的政策环境的承诺。PRB的工作人员在关键人口问题上提供了广泛的专业知识和专业经验，这些问题塑造了美国和全球的社会和经济力量。PRB位于华盛顿特区，可以接触到关键的公共和私人机构--国家科学基金会、世界银行和美国国际开发署--这些机构愿意作为特邀演讲者与PRB合作，或与感兴趣的研究员团体举行会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Training future population researchers is critical to advancing our understanding of demographic and social phenomena, and an ongoing challenge is making evidence-based population information and materials both understandable and accessible to decision makers, advocates, and the media. Under this R-25 application, PRB proposes to extend its highly regarded training in policy communication to current and previous (pre-doc) NICHD training center grantees so that they learn written and oral skills for translating research findings, making emerging evidence more useful to policy audiences both in the United States and around the world. The main objectives of the program are to: (1) Address barriers that researchers face in communicating population-related research results to policy audiences; (2) Modify PRB's successful international policy communication seminar to create an effective and unique 1-week curriculum in policy communication specifically for U.S. doctoral students in demography and population sciences; (3) Engage a diverse group of doctoral students (future population professionals) in policy communication over their careers; (4) 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 annually recruit graduate students who apply on a competitive basis and select approximately 14 of them to participate in a two-part training program: a seven-day workshop during the summer, followed by writing assignments during the academic year. Recruitment will be focused on students who are far enough along in their dissertation research-generally between the third and fifth year of their doctoral program-so that they have their own findings to use in the program's writing and presentation exercises. During the summer workshop, participants will learn the skills necessary to effectively communicate research findings to policy audiences. The workshop includes exercises in both writing and presenting, giving participants experience in using their own dissertation research findings as the basis for communication skill building. Participants will meet in small working groups led by a PRB mentor to discuss their research, identify its policy relevance, and develop a presentation for policymakers based on research findings. PRB mentors also provide guidance in carrying out exercises in writing Web articles and policy briefs. PRB's program activities reflect our understanding of the population sciences and underlie our commitment to fostering an evidence-based policy environment. PRB's staff offers a wide range of expertise and professional experiences working on critical population issues that shape social and economic forces in the United States and globally. Located in Washington, D.C., PRB has access to key public and private agencies-National Science Foundation, World Bank, and the U.S. Agency for International Development-that are open to collaborating with PRB as guest speakers or holding meetings with groups of interested Fellows.