Research Support Community Day 'Research Impact' 8th February 2016

Research Support Community Day‘Research Impact’ 8th February 2016

Dr Wee-Ming Boon

Senior Research Scientist, NHMRC

Agenda

1. NHMRC position on research impact

2. What is research impact?

3. Data NHMRC collects

4. Responsibilities

5. Culture change

Research Impact

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/ http://conservationbytes.com/tag/impact-factor/

Research Impact

http://www.slideshare.net/portal_ufsc/tr-journal-impact-factorisa2015

Research impact in many forms

NHMRC Peer

Review

Appointments

Publications

Commercial outcomes or therapeutic

products

Professional memberships

Conference participation

Community participation

and engagement

Patents

Supervision and

mentoring

Translation into policy

and practice

Research impact in

many forms (RGMS:CV)

Research impact in many forms (RGMS input)

Project Grants

NHMRC Peer Review

Significance and innovation (25%)

Scientific quality (50%)

Team capability and quality

(25%)

Research impact in many forms (RGMS:Project

Grants)

Test application shown with fictitious applicant

and application

Grant types and impact

NHMRC Peer Review

Development grants:

Commercial potential

Program Grant: Collaborative

gainsTRIP Fellowship: Practice and

policy implementation

Grant types and impact weighting

NHMRC Peer

Review

Project Grant: 50/25/25

Partnership Project: 25/25/25/25

Research impact

1. Many types

2. Weighting

3. Embedded in other parts of the application

Responsibility and librarians

http://reel-librarians.com/

Factors affecting research impact

Culture and behaviour change

Key messages:

• Research impact is MUCH more than publications

• Research impact foci are dependent on the grant type

• Research impact weighting is dependent on the grant type

• There are challenges inherent in measuring research impact

• Partnerships and relationship building with researchers and

research office would be helpful to drive culture change

• Communication skills are important

• NHMRC has begun to focus on more than just publications

http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/

Wee-Ming.Boon@nhmrc.gov.au