Honest Communication For Academia
Science Deserves to Be Heard — We Help You Tell the Story.
We support universities, research teams, and innovation centers in amplifying the reach and relevance of their work. From public engagement to project visibility, we bring science closer to people — with clarity, creativity, and credibility.
Why Do We Support Academia?
Academic research is not just about producing knowledge — it’s about making that knowledge matter.
Today, researchers and institutions face growing expectations to communicate their findings, demonstrate real-world impact, and engage meaningfully with society. From funders and policy makers to journalists and the general public, science is increasingly expected to speak beyond the walls of academia.
But this is easier said than done.
Most academic teams don’t have the time, tools, or training to design impactful communication strategies. University press offices and internal communication teams often focus on institutional news, not project-level storytelling. And while open access has improved scientific reach, visibility does not equal understanding.
That’s where we come in.
At FoodSciComm, we help academic teams translate their knowledge into clear, credible, and creative communication. From international research projects to emerging academic teams, we design communication strategies that connect your work with the world.
We don’t just promote science — we make it seen, heard, and felt.
How Do We Support Academia?
Start with a strong foundation
We help you shape your brand story, define your core messaging, and set the tone for all your communications—both internally and externally. From your mission to your first pitch deck, we make your values visible.
Communicate with clarity
We turn your ideas into clear, trustworthy messaging across all touchpoints—from packaging and websites to investor materials. Every message is designed to connect, explain, and inspire trust.
Scale with credibility We guide you in communicating honestly as you grow—staying aligned with both consumer expectations and regulatory realities. From media to stakeholders, we help you build a reputation that lasts.
Establish a solid foundation for communication by aligning project goals with audience needs through strategic clarity and visual coherence.
Project-specific communication plans: Assisting you in tailoring your communication strategy to the unique context, structure, and goals of your project—ensuring every message has purpose and relevance.
Visual identity (logo, templates, color palette): Helping you design a distinctive and coherent visual identity—including logos, templates, and style elements—that strengthens brand consistency and project visibility.
Website design: Supporting you in creating a clear and engaging online presence through a dedicated website or landing page that highlights your objectives, team, and progress.
Communication & dissemination/exploitation strategy: Supporting you in developing a high-level roadmap for how your project’s messages, outputs, and impacts will be shared, including both dissemination activities and exploitation planning.
Communication plan aligned with funder expectations: Ensuring you create a detailed communication plan that meets the formal requirements of your funder while ensuring your messaging remains audience-focused and strategic.
Audience segmentation and value mapping: Helping you analyze your audience segments and align communication value with their expectations, needs, and motivations.
Turn strategy into action—through accessible content, consistent messaging, and engaging formats across multiple channels.
Multi-channel content production (web, social media, infographics, press releases): Helping you produce clear, engaging, and tailored content across key channels to increase visibility and engagement—from web copy and visuals to social media posts and press kits.
Project newsletter management: Supporting you in designing and managing newsletters that keep your stakeholders informed, involved, and aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
Communication & dissemination plan implementation: Helping you implement your strategic roadmap by coordinating content delivery, dissemination actions, and impact tracking—ensuring that your messages reach the right audiences at the right time.
Stakeholder engagement and network-building events: Assisting in planning and facilitating workshops, webinars, and fair participation to foster relationships, share knowledge, and expand your project’s ecosystem.
Citizen-Centered Communication Events: Designing and facilitating interactive online events—such as public webinars, virtual Q&As, citizen engagement sessions, or myth-busting formats—to foster dialogue between the project team and wider audiences. These sessions increase transparency, boost dissemination reach, and translate complex topics into accessible knowledge.
Mid-term communication reports: Ensuring you document and evaluate your project’s communication progress through professional interim reports that meet EU and funder requirements—clearly presenting activities, reach, and outcomes.
Strengthening communication capabilities and sustaining the project’s visibility, relevance, and impact over time.
Visualization of project outcomes (animation, video, interactive content): Supporting the transformation of complex outputs into engaging visual content—such as animations, short videos, and interactive tools—to reach wider and more diverse audiences.
Post-project visibility & impact strategy: Assisting you in developing a forward-looking plan that ensures your project’s outcomes, insights, and community remain visible, accessible, and impactful beyond the project’s official conclusion.
Exploitation & sustainability strategy: Helping the development of a practical and funder-aligned exploitation plan—clarifying how your project results can be transferred, scaled, or adopted by target stakeholders (e.g., policymakers, industry, academia), and how to maintain relevance and usability beyond the funding period.
Stakeholder legacy engagement: Designing follow-up engagement strategies to maintain collaboration and dialogue with key stakeholders after the funding period ends—especially for cross-sector partnerships (e.g., civil society, public institutions, industry).
Institutional integration strategy: Advising on how project outcomes can be integrated into institutional practices, policy processes, or organizational routines—turning one-time results into long-term structures.
Social impact storytelling: Translating the impact of your work into compelling stories and narratives that resonate with the general public, potential funders, or decision-makers, highlighting the real-world relevance of your project.
