Module 6 - Dissemination

Overview | Who? Audience | How? Methods | Who-How-What | Proposal Steps | Resources

Overview

This section has been contributed by our colleagues at the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), resource center for the National Science Foundation’s Discovery Research PreK-12 program (DRK-12). CADRE has compiled a series of useful toolkits for NSF-funded programs, be sure to visit the CADRE website to learn more.

This module addresses the “B5. Dissemination of Findings” section of NSF proposals. A dissemination plan is required for all NSF proposals, and should be creative, comprehensive, and as specific as possible.

Dissemination is your chance to be creative and interact with others around a topic that you are passionate about.

Objectives of this Module

In this module you will:

• Identify the target audience(s) of your proposed project
• Identify the proposed project’s key elements (i.e., findings, products) to be disseminated
• Decide on strategies to communicate about the project itself and its findings and products (and when you will implement these strategies)
• Complete a draft of your proposed project’s dissemination plan

Module format

Each module will have the following sections, organized into tabs:

• Overview provides module objectives.
• Topics cover specific module content. Embedded within each topic tab are activities that are designed to build on and support what you have just learned. This module has three topic tabs:
  • Who? Audience: Identifying your audience
  • How? Methods: Methods of Dissemination
  • Who | How | What: The Who, the What and the How
• Proposal Steps will summarize the four activities from the previous tabs within the module. Each of these activities are designed to help with writing the dissemination plan for your proposal.
• Resources provides general and specific resources and quick links to useful sites.

Module Review Video