The period of the fellowship will be six months, either fall (August 15, 2024 - January 15,2025), or spring (January 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025). During the fellowship, the fellows can use some or all of these services:
- Science communication training through a program like Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
- Media training and on-camera interview practice
- Assistance with their slides and presentations to better communicate their research
- Opportunity for public speaking coaching
- High quality portraits taken by UVA photographers for articles/applications
- Social media training
- Assistance pitching an article for The Conversation, writing a press release for media, or learning the paths to promote research stories in the news
- Individual attention by the VPR: one-on-one meetings with research development team, as well as meetings with communications members from VPR and their school to help learn how to promote their research