Abstract
Over the last decade, growing emphasis has been placed on research funding and performing organisations to effectively demonstrate how their use of public and donated funds benefits the research ecosystem and wider society. Focus on greater accountability, transparency, and adding value has necessitated that research organisations develop and optimise robust methods and approaches to evaluating the outcomes and impacts of their research programmes, fellowships, and other types of funding investments. Moreover, there is emphasis on improving how research data is collected, used and reported, and that the methods used capture a broad and accurate picture of outcomes and impacts from funding. Several reviews of models and applications for research evaluations exist, but these are either limited to health research, provide an overview of approaches, or only capture research impact assessments. A broader scoping review of methods and approaches to evidencing both outcomes and impacts from different types of research investments is now needed and should include critical analysis of the available frameworks and methods, and the types of outcomes and impacts these can measure.
Aim
The scoping review aims to systematically map and critically assess the academic and grey literature on current and emerging approaches used by research funding and performing organisations to evidence the impacts and outcomes of investments in research, with a focus on research programmes, research infrastructure and research investments (e.g., Fellowships).
Intended Impact of the Study
Recommendations for NIHR and wider research community; TBC
Project Lead
Project Collaborators
Sophie Hall
Hazel Church
Katie Meadmore
Massar Dabbous
Contact Project Author
Research Area(s)
Other Areas: research evaluation
Study Design(s)
Other Designs: Scoping review
Data Collection Method(s)
Participant(s)
Other Participants: N/A
Status
Expected completion date: February 29, 2024
Stage
Study Funding/Support
Dissemination Activity/Activities
Other(s): TBC