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Arts and Humanities Impact Facilitation
The Arts and Humanities Impact Facilitator is available to:
- Meet with researchers one-to-one, to identify and explore impact opportunities arising from current and prospective research plans
- Provide specialist advice and support to researchers who are preparing funding applications with impact components, including feedback services for those writing impact sections in AHRC and ESRC bids
- Advise on designing and evaluating public engagement events for maximum impact
- Help connect researchers with interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral organisations and networks, to add breadth and variety to impact work
- Deliver bespoke impact training sessions for Faculties and Departments
- Facilitate applications to internal funding schemes such as the AHRC Impact Acceleration Account and Flexi Scheme
For more information, contact Dr Lucy Sheerman: AHImpact@admin.cam.ac.uk
Social Science and Humanities Impact Facilitation
The University of Cambridge supports all social science and humanities researchers with the Social Science Impact Fund (SSIF).
The SSIF is used to support a number of activities focussed on generating impact from social science and humanities research, some of which include:
- Support for researchers making applications to the Social Science Impact Fund
- One-to-one support for researchers designing impact plans for funding applications;
- Events, training, and online materials for devising impact plans;
- Bespoke training for departments and research groups on knowledge exchange and impact;
- Commercialisation and technology transfer support from Cambridge Enterprise;
- Policy engagement through The Centre for Science and Policy;
- Enterprise training for researchers looking to commercialise their research, provided by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Judge Business School and the Maxwell Centre Impulse Programme and;
- Recognition for impact and public engagement through the annual Vice Chancellor’s Awards for Impact and Public Engagement.
For more information contact Dr Tina Basi, Social Science Impact Facilitator: jktb2@cam.ac.uk
Spotlight on Research Impact
This film is part of the 'Impact through Engagement' series on how ESRC-funded researchers collaborate with non-academic partners to generate impact from their research in the social sciences and economics.
Impact through Engagement: Professor Catherine Barnard
Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Law and Labour Law, engaged local Cambridgeshire communities with her ESRC-funded research on EU migrants, social benefits and working law. The work undertaken through this project was awarded the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor's Public Engagement with Research Award in 2017.
Arts and Humanities Impact Interviews: Professor Abigail Brundin
Professor Abigail Brundin, Professor of Italian, shares her experience of participating in exciting collaborations with heritage organisations.
