Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

A proposal is usually used for requesting funding to do research.

Scientific experiments need to be replicable, otherwise the credibility of any results you get may become questionable if no one else can demonstrate what you did.

Networking involves talking to other people. In the context of science, this could mean talking to people with different perspectives, ideas and expertise – even if they are not a scientist.

There will always be more than one audience that will be affected by your project and its outcomes.

In everyday life, work, and science projects, people generally don’t like to talk about risk. There is a perception that talking about risk will stop something from happening (e.g. a project).

In science, you have to accept that you will always have critics, and not everyone will agree with your point of view.

Timing is a very important aspect of research – especially regarding communication. .