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Impact tools and templates

Impact tools and templates

Stakeholder and public analysis template

Find out who might be interested in your research and how you could reach out to them more effectively to generate impact. Read the instructions and watch the video here (or read the advanced guide here). Or just download the template now as an editable Word file or PDF.

Impact planning template

Make a plan to engage effectively with your stakeholders and publics to generate measurable impacts with limited time. Read the instructions and watch the video here, or just download the template now as an editable Word file or PDF.

Impact tracking template 

Check in regularly with your team to track whether or not you are getting impacts from your research. Read the instructions or download the template as an editable Word file or PDF. Alternatively find out how to use Evernote to track your impact.

Social media impact template

Answer four questions to complete this template and start generating impact with less time and risk online. Read the instructions here or download the template as an editable Word file or PDF.

Reserch impact guides

Research impact guides

Our essential series of 'how to' guides for researchers, designed to help you embed impact in your work:

Planning for Impact

How to make an impact plan for your research

Find out how to make an impact plan for your next research project. Whether you are writing a grant proposal or making a plan for a funded project or research group, this guide will show you how to use the Fast Track Impact planning template to make a plan quickly and easily.

How to do stakeholder analysis

Find out how to identify publics and stakeholders who might be interested in your research and prioritize them for engagement with this guide, based around the Fast Track Impact stakeholder analysis templa

 

From impact to transformation: ten essentials for transformative research

Take your impact to a new level by asking yourself ten questions that get you to think more deeply than ever before about the systems and assumptions you work within.

 

5 ways to fast track the impact of your PhD

Generating societal, cultural and/economic impact from your Ph.D. is no longer an optional extra - it is an essential step on the career ladder and one we hope you will enjoy along the way

Videos

Videos