UCD Research and Innovation _ Creating Value from Knowledge

U N I VE R SI T Y CO L L EG E DU B L I N CR E AT I NG VA LU E FROM K NOW L EDGE Impact Concepts and definitions Impact can be described as: IMPACT “the consequences of an action that affects people’s lives in areas that matter to them”. Academic impact: The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to academic advances, across and within disciplines, including significant advances in understanding, methods, theory and application. (Research Councils UK) Economic & Societal Academic Economic and societal impacts: - publications: scholarly publications (but not forgetting grey literature) Impact is the contribution of the research on the economy and society including business, health, environment, social cohesion etc. Examples are wealth creation (spin-out company capitalisation, number of employees); environmental benefit (river now 10% cleaner than before); healthcare (10,000 lives saved per year because of the drug developed by the research); social cohesion (policy developed in the research provides improved social networking among pensioners). - products: prototype artefacts, research datasets, software; patents. Impact at UCD The demonstrable contribution that excellent research makes to society and the economy. (Research Councils UK) Outputs, outcomes and impacts Outputs are products of research; typically: Outcomes are the results or consequences of the research activities and outputs on academia, society or the economy: examples are trained postgraduate staff, licence income from patents, follow-on grant income. The UCD University Research Strategy Board commissioned two reports outlining the university’s policy position on impact: Beyond Publications (2012) and Furthering the research impact of University College Dublin (2014). Linkage of inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes and impacts over time TIME Past Inputs Past Activities Future Outputs Future Outcomes Future Impacts Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes Impacts Research funding Research & development Postgraduates Economy Researchers New methods Existing knowledge Collaboration Facilities & equipment Experimentation Publications Prototypes, artefacts, research datasets, software Patents, innovations, products & services Methods & processes New companies Exhibition, performance Learning Theorising Cited outputs Society Licence income Education Follow-on income Health & wellbeing Uptake of device or therapies Environment Uptake of tools & instruments 13

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