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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
