Financial support for science communication projects: analysis of the call carried out by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

• Autor(a) principal: Massarani, Luisa
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Abreu, Willian Vieira de, Rocha, Jessica Norberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/1646
• topic: Science communication; Public engagement with science; Oswaldo Cruz Foundation; Bids; Science popularization.; Divulgación de la ciencia; Apropiación social en la ciencia; Fundación Oswaldo Cruz; Convocatorias; Popularización de la ciencia.; Divulgação científica; Engajamento público na ciência; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Editais; Popularização da ciência.

This paper aims to analyze, through quantitative and qualitative methods and content analysis, the 145 proposals submitted to the call for supporting science communication projects, carried out by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in 2018, intending to provide a better understanding of the existing demand and to contribute to the elaboration of an institutional policy. Categories to be analyzed in order to map the profile and characteristics of the proposals and proponents were defined. The results indicate that, although there is a concentration of projects in the Southeast region, professionals from nine Brazilian states participated in the call, being 63% of them women. Only 40% of the projects proposed evaluation actions and only 7% mentioned accessibility strategies, a priority issue at Fiocruz. Finally, we emphasize the need of frequently offering this kind of calls, associated with the training of scientists and of the Fiocruz community to establish dialogue with society in a diversified, comprehensive, accessible and inclusive way.