iDiscover: Create New Knowledge and Design Solutions to Information Challenges

D3. Research Impact—Evaluate and increase the impact of research programs and projects

Vision We fully celebrate faculty accomplishments and engage with a range of communities effectively. Evidence of the effect of our research activities on the world in and outside the academy is pervasive. We have a deep understanding of the range of our impacts. We understand and acknowledge the importance of individual and collective contributions. Understanding our research impact fully enables expanding our outreach capabilities in regional, national and global contexts in strategic ways.
Start Date

7/1/2009

End Date 6/30/2011

Deliverables

Item

Expected Completion
1 Define "impact"

"Impact" definition.

To be determined
2 "Impact" Assessment

Assessment model for research impact.

To be determined
3 Assessment Implementation

Documented plan for implementation of assessment model, including the use of assessment results to improve research impact.

To be determined

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