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All insights7 July 2020

The R&D Decade Project: Advocating for R&D Investment

Written byPublic First
TopicEducation and social policy

Public First has been working with the Wellcome Trust and the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) on the R&D Decade project; examining how the R&D community can make the case for government investment, in light of the UK…

Public First has been working with the Wellcome Trust and the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) on the R&D Decade project; examining how the R&D community can make the case for government investment, in light of the UK government's commitment to spending 2.4% of GDP on R&D.

The final report, published today on Wellcome and CaSE's websites, brings together the literature review, public opinion research and discussion with the R&D community carried out through the entire project to examine:

  • What does a successful campaign look like?
  • What does the public think about campaigning?
  • What does the R&D community think about the sector and campaigning?li>
  • What approaches could work for advocating for R&D investment?

The report concludes with recommendations for the R&D community on how these findings could inform a future R&D investment campaign.

The final report can be found here.

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