STEM Matters: Science and research content and communications agency

Science isn’t finished until it is communicated

We are highly skilled publishers, strategists, science communicators, journalists and editors who specialise in engaging people with complex topics and ideas.

We are experts at creating and implementing communication, content and engagement strategies that build your profile, funding, influence and collaborations.

We are passionate about this space and are active in supporting and growing a healthy STEM sector from education through to research and translation.

STEM Matters’ Services

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES

STEM Matters has worked with dozens of universities, institutes, non-profits, government departments and corporates to create highly effective science communication and engagement strategies that build audience, influence and revenue.

We work with you to create strategies and presentations that showcase your impact, innovation, outreach, research and collaborations. Whether it be working with you to build your narrative; identify gaps and opportunities; interview individually or host workshops with your team; develop an internal and external messaging strategy; document and presentation creation.

Our specialised approach to science communication will help you become a thought leader, first choice collaborator, industry or philanthropic partner, employer or educator of choice while building your social capital with local and global communities.

CONTENT STRATEGIES AND CREATION

Our team of publishers, journalists, editors and fact-checkers have worked for world-leading publishers and broadcasters including Nature, New Scientist, The Guardian, The Times, Cosmos, the BBC and the ABC.

We act as your out-of-house content team to produce high-quality stories that align with your style and tone. Our rigorous fact-checking and editorial processes ensure that you and your researchers can have confidence in the quality of our work.

What makes our approach so cutting edge is that, along with deep STEM experience and great journalism, we help you adopt the media’s approach to building audience, influence and engagement across multiple platforms. We understand research and how to create content and ideas that build audiences without losing the integrity of your research.

Stories for print/digital
Social media copy
Infographics
Publications and reports
Website development
Videos

CAPABILITY STATEMENTS

Whether it’s for a company, research institute or a faculty, our team are experts at distilling complex information about your organisation to create capability statements in a way that resonates with your key audiences across government, industry, philanthropy or the broader public.

Developing a clear and concise capability statement provides your research, marketing and engagement teams with the content they need to articulate to any given partner what you’re offering, and why you should be the partner of choice.

RESEARCHER PROFILES

99% of researcher profiles globally are aimed at other researchers. While this works for scientific collaborations, the funding landscape is becoming increasingly diversified. A technical research profile won’t engage broader audiences – industry, philanthropists, government and the general public.

To build your profile and position yourself as the expert in your field with these audiences, you need stories of the quality you’d find in the New York Times, The Guardian or The BBC.

The beauty of our approach is that these stories can be used for grant and award applications. We help you construct a narrative about you that you can use for years to come for media, industry, donors, government and grant applications.

AWARD ENTRIES

Awards and prizes play an important in building profile of researchers and institutions. They influence promotion, profile, media and funding.

The team at STEM Matters are experts at helping you create compelling narratives for your award and prize entries. We interview the subjects and spend the time understanding what the selection committee will be looking for.

Whether you are nominating a colleague or a team for a local, national or international prize, we discover the key messages needed for a stand-out application.

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL IMPACT AND ENGAGEMENT CASE STUDIES

STEM Matters are experts in the art of identifying and creating impact and engagement case studies, having uncovered, written and edited dozens of them. We work closely with you to make the process as painless as possible for your entire team.

As experts in technical writing, we can strike the right balance between technical detail and approachable language, depending on the needs of your audience.

We ensure that your stories of impact set you apart.

STEM Matters’ Clients

We work with research institutes, corporates, government departments and universities across sciences, arts, business, and economics to help shape the way they communicate their stories and build engagement with their key audiences.

CASE STUDIES

We’ve worked with dozens of universities, research institutes, corporates and government departments across topics spanning science, technology, arts, business and economics to help shape the way they engage with their key audiences.

We have written hundreds of feature, profile, discovery and impact stories; crafted dozens of ARC impact and engagement case studies; produced videos, podcasts and publications; trained researchers in media, messaging and engagement; and run media campaigns for international conferences and high-profile scientific papers.

Learn more about some of this work through our case studies below.

WESTPAC | Creation of Westpac STEM Committment

Working closely with the client, we provided entire project management from concept development thro...
UNSW | Postgraduate Course Launch

In 2018, the UNSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health (CBDRH) planned to launch a Masters of Heal...
UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA | Building the profile of senior researchers

Working closely with the client, we provided entire project management from concept development thro...
QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE | Building Public Awareness, Donations

We provided comprehensive end-to-end project management including discovery activities, research, in...

All Case Studies

TESTIMONIALS

Kylie and the STEM Matters team were amazing to work with in developing the Westpac STEM Commitment. They provided a suite of expert skills such a strategy, content development, communications and media relations; that were instrumental in getting the project across the line.
Sue Doherty, STEM Advocacy, Westpac
The STEM Matters’ messaging framework is critical when you’re setting a vision for your organisation and your team. It creates alignment strategically and consistency in language both internally and externally. It increased our clarity and pace of execution and we are still benefiting today.
Sally-Ann Williams, CEO Cicada
STEM Matters assisted in preparing the final report of the Expert Reference Group's Review into Australia's Space Industry Capability in 2018. They supported our team to deliver an on-time report that was well received publicly and by the Government.
Dr Megan Clark, AC Head, Australian Space Agency
Kylie’s approach is very partnership based. She understood our philanthropy objectives and built a long-term content strategy, resourcing and implementation plan that was instrumental in helping us reach our philanthropy goals. She also ensured that there was knowledge transfer throughout the project so that our team could take the project on long term.
Mikaeli Costello, Director Alumni Relations and Engagement, University of Queensland