There are useful teams within the university to support you to embed policy and other user engagement activities into your application. These include the following:
CSAP
The Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP – www.csap.cam.ac.uk) offers a wide range of standard and bespoke services to help researchers and policymakers engage in:
- inspiring new research and policy development
- bringing research evidence and analysis to public policy development
- co-creating impacts for the benefit of society.
Information about their services and cost indicators can be found here: Planning Policy Engagement – Networks of evidence and expertise for public policy (cam.ac.uk)
The contact for the School of Physical Sciences and School of Technology is Christian Neubacher c.neubacher@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Public Engagement
The Public Engagement team (https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/the-public-engagement-team ) provide help and support in public engagement work, from finding funding, to advising on the approach, to offering you opportunities to engage. The team also provides training, access to a network of engaged researchers as well as a public engagement starter fund.
Contact Lucinda Spokes, Lucinda.Spokes@admin.cam.ac.uk or Claudia Antolini, Public Engagement Manager (School of Physical Sciences and School of Technology) Claudia.Antolini@admin.cam.ac.uk
IfM Engage
IfM Engage (https://engage.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/) partners with organisations across industry, government and academia to support them in solving complex challenges, using approaches and knowledge developed at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), a division of the University of Cambridge’s Department of Engineering. IfM Engage can help support roadmapping, strategic planning and managing large stakeholder groups in all areas of manufacturing.