Your science deserves to be shared.
We help you share it clearly, authentically, and confidently.
We’re a researcher-led communication training company with more than a decade of experience helping scientists, researchers, and science communicators connect with peers, policymakers, and the public.
Since 2014, we’ve offered expert talks, tailored training, and strategic workshops that build real-world communication skills and confidence.
What we believe
In a nutshell: science communication matters.
We live in a complex world, full of urgent challenges and untapped opportunities.
We believe science and research help us understand that world, navigate risks, and find better ways forward.
And we believe communication is the bridge.
Whether it’s sharing ideas with peers, engaging the public, or informing policy, the ability to communicate science clearly and confidently is a powerful tool for progress.
Our small international team is based in Austria and we work Europe-wide. We’d love to work with you, too.
What we offer: structured learning for busy researchers
In-person, asynchronous and hybrid formats designed to meet the time and budget constraints of participants and organisers alike.
Expert talks & skills training
Bite-sized sessions or deep dives to strengthen communication skills quickly and effectively.
Retreats & offsite programmes
Bite-sized sessions or deep dives to strengthen communication skills quickly and effectively.
Strategic workshops for teams & leaders
Facilitated planning and strategy workshops for communication teams and science communicators.
Who we've helped
We've worked with universities, research groups, R&D departments, science organisations, projects, and research-led initiatives in Europe, Africa and the USA, with participants from across the globe.
Our clients include many EU Horizon Projects including those in the European Green Deal; universities like Cambridge, Innsbruck, Kiel, Boston, and Hamburg; businesses like Genentech, Prysmian, and Sanford Burnham Predbys; and organisations like the Society for Experimental Biology, the UN, and CERN.
Expert talks & science communication skills training
We offer two popular learning formats for busy researchers.
Expert Talks
Short, practical, focused (usually online)
Researchers increasingly prefer sessions that are bite-sized yet immediately useful. Our expert talks, delivered by SciComm Success founder Suzanne Whitby, blend 20+ years of communication expertise with an interactive format full of practical tools and tips.
Skills Training
Deeper learning and more time to practise (in person or online)
For groups wanting to build deeper skills, we offer half-day and full-day masterclasses, as well as multi-day programmes that focus on learning by doing, reflection, and feedback from peers and facilitators.
Training, workshops, and programmes for retreats, summer schools and offsites
Our immersive programmes transform research retreats and summer or winter schools into vibrant learning experiences.
Hands-on, creative, and collaborative
Each programme or retreat combines short bursts of input with time to experiment, practise, and exchange ideas. Participants leave with stronger communication skills and fresh confidence in presenting their work to diverse audiences.
Designed to fit your context
From team-building sessions, facilitated workshops, and day-long masterclasses to multi-day SciComm Impact Weeks culminating in public-facing events such as science cafés, 3MTs, or open-lab presentations.
Strategic SciComm for teams and leaders
Workshops and facilitated sessions for science communication professionals, project leads, and institutional teams.
Align strategy and strengthen collaboration
We help teams clarify goals, refresh communication plans, and build stronger links between research, communication, and engagement.
Facilitated by an experienced communicator and foresight practitioner
SciComm Success founder Suzanne Whitby brings more than two decades of communication and foresigtht experience, along with 13+ years of working with scientists and researchers, to help you think creatively and strategically about your SciComm impact.
Popular programmes
Looking for communication training for scientists and researchers that’s practical, proven, and ready to run?
We’ve developed a suite of signature training and workshops that are widely requested and suitable for light tailoring to your audience, discipline and goals.
Our most popular communication and science communication programmes for researchers include:
Scientific Presentation Skills
Scientific Poster Design
Storytelling & Narrative in Science
Visual Communication for Researchers
Personal Branding & Professional Presence
Communicating in Uncertainty ("Yes, and...")
These sessions are quick to book, highly rated by organisers and participants, and designed to build practical skills.
How can we help you?
Whether you’re a university, research group, event organiser or individual researcher, we offer practical, proven communication training to help you share science with clarity, confidence and impact.
Choose your path to explore services that might be right for you. Alternatively, book a call and let’s have a conversation→
For universities, graduate schools & academic institutes
Help students, PhDs and ECRs become confident science communicators.
- Offer interactive, 2-hour expert talks for busy researchers
- Host an immersive SciComm Impact Week for retreats or summer schools
- Run tailored skills training in presentation, storytelling, and more
- Schedule a semester-long SciComm Foundations programme.
For research groups & institutions (academic & industry)
Strengthen communication with the public, peers, and policymakers.
- Encourage focused learning with our short but practical expert talks
- Book practical SciComm skills training for your team
- Support individual growth with communication coaching and mentoring tailored for scientists, research groups and science communicators
For science communicators, outreach teams, and projects
Help students, PhDs and ECRs become confident science communicators.
- Offer interactive, 2-hour expert talks for busy researchers
- Host an immersive SciComm Impact Week for retreats or summer schools
- Run tailored skills training in presentation, storytelling, and more
- Schedule a semester-long SciComm Foundations programme.
For conference & event organisers
Plan, align, and deliver communication strategies that work.
- Run our Strategic Communication Planning Workshop
- Host facilitated sessions for team-building or messaging
- Offer regular coaching & mentoring to upskill staff
Why SciComm Success?
We bring together 20+ years of communication experience, 13+ years of experience working with scientists, researchers, and R&D teams, and a powerful combination of skills across science communication, facilitation, coaching, and training.
What you can expect from us:
Practical, active learning, no unnecessary lectures or filler
Expertise in both science communication and communication in science
Hands-on experience of communicating science as well as crafting comms strategies and implenting campaigns
Skilled facilitation, engaging delivery, and smart strategy
Creative, strategic, and facilitative: we're not just trainers, but trusted partners for complex communication challenges.
A researcher-led team with a deep understanding of research careers, cultures, and goals
We work in English with multilingual audiences, and all the skills we teach are transferrable to different languages and disciplines. That means that we can support internationalision efforts and build skills useful in local outreach.
We're a small, friendly team based in the heart of the Austrian Alps, and we work across Europe. Our strong ties to Africa mean that we occasionally do work on the "bright" continent, too.
Who we work with
We partner with people and partners who want to connect scientists, science and society.
We’ve worked with:
Graduate schools and training offices
Horizon Europe and EU-funded projects, as well as nationally funded initiatives
Research groups and science communication teams
R&D and innovation departments
Training and development professionals responsible for scientists, researchers, engineers, and teams with complex, research-based messages to share
Scientific event organisers and institutions
Individual scientists and researchers who want to invest in their personal development
What people say
Participants, training organisers and partner organisations have had some good things to say about us over the years.
Here are a few recent examples:
We've been working with SciComm Success every year since 2020, and we'll be back again in 2026
We’ve offered workshops on academic poster design, presentation skills, and storytelling for scientists. We’ve also benefited from coaching to help with messaging and communication. We consistently receive positive feedback from participants, and working with Suzanne is easy to work with, transparent and full of good suggestions to help us improve.
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Society for Experimental Biology
Much more than presentation skills
I attended the Confident Scientific Presentations workshop in May. It was so helpful. I learned from both the trainer and my colleagues, and I benefited from unexpected private coaching and peer coaching for my first big conference presentation. Highly recommended.
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Participant feedback
[Clear, confident scientific presentations for an intergovernmental research organisation in Switzerland ]
I was able to use a storytelling structure to make my proposal clearer
I put what I learned into practice and received feedback that my ideas were clear and easy to understand, thanks to my use of the structures Suzanne taught.
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Participant feedback
[Storytelling and narrative for scientists for a Royal Society]
The best workshop I've been to. So practical, with really useful results.
We’ve collected so much valuable data from this workshop and I feel so motivated to refine our strategy and engage our partners in the process. From our initial discussions, to the clear design process, to the workshop and all the reports, this has been exactly what we needed,
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European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
[Strategic communication planning workshop]
I've learned new presentation skills that I can really use in my scientific presentations
Thank you Suzanne for such a practical workshop on scientific presentation skills. Even thought we were all from different disciplines and organisations, it was all useful. I wasn’t expecting much because usually people just show slides. The discussions, the Q&A sessions, the peer reviews, and your input were a breath of fresh air.
—Agata, Thermo Fisher Scientific
[Practical scientific presentation skills]
Lots of time to practice and benefit from individual and group feedback
Useful, simple structures that we could adapt to different types of elevator pitches. I found the time to create and revise my elevator pitches for different audiences helpful, and the unexpected improvised session made it real.
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Participant
[Elevator Pitches for Early Career Scientists, Uniklinikum Erlangen]
Let’s have a conversation
Have a training need, a retreat to plan, or a strategy to shape? Let’s talk.
Need to organise communication training for a group of researchers or research adjacent staff? Planning a retreat and need someone who can coach, train and moderate? Have a communication strategy to shape, refine or share?
We’d love to help. Book a short call or get in touch to talk through your ideas, goals and timelines, and let’s build something brilliant together.
