Learn more about research impact and its benefits.
Learn more about research impact and its benefits.
ACU uses the ARC’s definitions of research impact and research end-user, as found in the ARC Engagement and Impact Assessment 2018–19 National Report:
Research impact is the contribution that research makes to the economy, society, environment or culture, beyond the contribution to academic research.
A research end-user is an individual, community or organisation external to academia that will directly use or directly benefit from the outputs, outcomes or results of the research.
Examples of research end-users include businesses, communities and community organisations, governments and non-government organisations.
Specific exclusions of research end-users are:
Following are four broad categories of research impact. These categories, together with examples, are in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) Impact Toolkit.
Impacts on policy and practice.
Impacts on knowledge, understanding and attitudes.
Impacts on the ability of researchers to conduct similar work in the future.
Impacts on the existence and strength of networks of people and organisations who understand and can make use of the research.
Following are summaries of research impact submitted by ACU and other universities to the ARC Engagement and Impact Assessment 2018. Further examples can be found in the ARC Data Portal (Impact Studies).
Many of the following benefits are discussed in The Research Impact Handbook 2nd Edition (Mark S. Reed 2018).
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