Research Outcomes Project

Darren Hunter - EPSRC Dale Heenan - ESRC

Background

• The collection of outputs and outcomes by AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and EPSRC • Research Outcomes is based on the new ESRC Research Catalogue (based on Microsoft Zentity 2.0) • Extended to meet the requirements of all four Councils – New approach after the 2009/10 OOCS project – Significant cost savings and no ongoing licence fees….

• MRC and STFC use e-Val • By November 2011, all Research Councils will be collecting outputs and outcomes.

Benefits

• Evidence base to demonstrate the economic impact that results from investment in the research base • Data can be collected at any time once the grant is awarded • Tools to avoid duplication of effort • To enable “submit once, deposit many times” • Will help in making research outputs accessible to others

How will it work?

• Grant Holders contacted directly – Option to delegate data input to Co-I or administrator – Uses existing Je-S login details – Every grant for last 5 years • Institutional user to provide an overview

Key features

• Grant holders can… – Web Form upload • All outputs and outcomes – Bulk upload with a spreadsheet • Limited to publications and conference related • Universities/Institutional Repositories can… – auto-generate the bulk spreadsheet and upload – deposit outputs with SWORD – harvesting through OAI-PMH supported

Outcome Types – Categories

• Publications • Other Research Outputs • Collaboration/Partnership • Further Funding • Staff Development • Dissemination/Communication • IP and Exploitation • Award/Recognition • Impact RCs are working with HEFCE to ensure that Outcomes and Outputs collected are in line with the classifications to be used for the Research Excellence Framework

Management Information

• Microsoft Reporting Services – internal reports to start with – institutional reporting being considered… • Some Research Councils will extract data and integrate with their existing MI systems • Potential for an RCUK Grants on the Web

Forward look

• Automated deposit of Research Outputs (priority) • Adopt standards such as CERIF for the exchange of data between HEI’s, RCUK and HEFCE • Allow upload against multiple grants • Metadata look up from Web of Knowledge, PubMed, UK PubMed Central, Nielsen Book Data and Scopus • Receive deposits direct from Publishers…

Further Information

• Regularly updated news page: www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/ResearchOutcomes/ • Email: [email protected]