JISC

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions to submit funding proposals for partnership projects to embed good practice in impact analysis in research departments utilising the expertise of Business and Community Engagement practitioners and information management specialists.

Funding of up to £30,000 per project is available to support three-way collaborative partnerships comprising: Research groups seeking to develop their capabilities in analysing and articulating the impact and benefits of their research; Business and Community Engagement (BCE) practitioners with expertise in identifying external impact and benefits, and designing institutional services for this purpose;  Leading research information management expertise and resources for impact evidence.

An online matching site has been launched by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement to support the formation of these partnerships. Interested researchers, impact analysts and research information management experts can sign here and find out more.

Funded projects will run from May to October 2012.

The deadline for proposals is 1 March 2012.

Eligibility

Proposals may be submitted by HE institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and by FE institutions funded via BIS, SFC, DFES Wales and DEL Northern Ireland.

With regard to bids from Scottish institutions, SFC has applied a significant budget cut to JISC in 2011-12 AY. Following consultation with Scottish institutions, SFC has requested that the impact of this budget cut falls on the number of innovation projects JISC is able to fund at Scottish institutions, rather than to cut or increase charges for national services, such as JANET, JISC Collections and JISC Advance. Whilst Scottish institutions therefore remain eligible to bid for project funding in response to this call, depending on the quality of the submissions, JISC may need to limit the number of projects awarded to Scottish institutions.