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Welcome to the
Research Impact Toolkit

This toolkit provides you with resources and tools to help you plan for impact, engage with stakeholders, capture evidence, and communicate the impact of your research.

Toolkit contents

What is impact?
Before diving in, learn the fundamentals of impact and why it's important.
Plan
Identify who stands to benefit from your research, develop a theory of change, and write impact sections in funding proposals
Engage
Connect with the right people and carry out activities to meet your impact goals.
Capture
Gather evidence of the impact your research has had, and track where your research is being picked up and used.
Communicate
Write about the impact of your research, whether in a case study, narrative CV, or progress report.

UCD would like to thank the HEA for funding the initial version of the toolkit, and members of Ireland's Research Impact Network for collaborating on the content.
Read more about these contributors and the background to the project.