INGSA learning & outreach

This proposal repurposes funding that Wellcome had intended for use to support LMIC delegate travel to the INGSA biennial conference. It would now enable acceleration of our Online Outreach and Training Strategy. Our current funding envelope pre-dates the pandemic, and did not anticipated the extent of online delivery now required. We have tried hard to transform programming with existing resources, but gaps remain. Will now focus on delivery of accessible, inclusive and interactive capacity-building online. We have content that can be turned into pedagogically-robust modules and made available via a reputable learning platform. Deliverables include: "INGSA Shorts" series of 2-3 minute videos which condense learning/wisdom from the 2021 conference (estimated cost: $12,000 NZD) Minimum three MOOC-style courses, framed around the conference's themes: Science Advice in Crisis (i.e. lessons learned from the pandemic); Science advice for complex/long-term issues (i.e. foresight/resilience; Evidence/democracy. Content drawn from 2021 conference and other Wellcome/IDRC funded programming including past LMIC workshops, the Covid-19 comparisons, Knowledge Associates projects. This approach leverages the full complement of INGSA programming (estimated cost: $28,000 NZD) We will work with new INGSA Board and LMIC partners to co-design, contextualise and field-test material, ensuring that content and format is robust and appropriate to context.