The dissemination activities of the CAROLINE fellows reached audiences of approximately 5,767,240. The fellows visited many countries as part of their placements and secondment and include Switzerland, Peru, South Africa, United States, Malawi and within the European Union. The CAROLINE programme has been impactful in terms of the publications available and in bringing awareness and addressing the Sustainable Development Goals. Furthermore, the fellowship facilitates fellows to enrich scientific and interpersonal skills through a career development plan whilst helping to track their career development goals. Many of the fellows were granted employment opportunities in their placement and secondment organisations/institutes and found being a CAROLINE fellow advantageous in terms of seeking employment.
The final results for all dissemination and exploitation activities for the fellows show that there were 851 dissemination activities and were classified as follows;
Organisation of a Conference 77
Organisation of a Workshop 89
Press release 40
Non-scientific and non-peer-reviewed publication (popularised publication) 36
Exhibition 2
Flyer 1
Training 52
Social Media 34
Website 13
Communication Campaign (e.g. Radio, TV) 161
Participation to a Conference 16
Participation to a Workshop 118
Participation to an Event other than a Conference or a Workshop 46
Video/Film 6
Brokerage Event 1
Pitch Event 0
Trade Fair 2
Participation in activities organised jointly with other EU project(s) 3
Other 154
Activities such as communication campaigns were utilised the most by the fellows and included talks on media outlets such as national and international radio and TV. Other activities such as community outreach and participation at a workshop were also greatly utilised.
In regard to publications such as articles, books monographs etc, the final total of publications for the CAROLINE programme is 223 publications in open access.
In terms of audiences reached, the dissemination activities reported by CAROLINE fellows reached audiences of over 5,767,240. The audiences are made up of;
Scientific Community (Higher Education, Research) 37,189 19%
Industry 4814 3%
Civil Society 123,014 63%
Policy Makers 14,767 8%
Media 4090 2%
Investors 2118 1%
Customers 460 0%
Other 7774 4%
The general public audience accounts for 5,573,014 of the total or 97%.
