Queen’s has a long history of conducting innovative and world-leading research with partners in industry, government, public policy, social and healthcare, the arts and the voluntary sector, across these islands, and around the world. We are proud to be an outward-looking institution, responding to the challenges faced by society. This is a critical time to strengthen that commitment and to reassert the values of inclusion and social justice which lie at the heart of our mission.
Our Vision for Engaged Research
Our vision for engaged research at Queen’s is:
‘To become a world leader in promoting the values of partnership and collaboration in research by building and sustaining mutually-beneficial research relationships, with real-world impact, and championing a culture where staff and partners feel valued and supported in their research engagement activities.’
The Ormeau Parklet
Since June 2020, Dr Rachel O’Grady and Dr Agustina Martire have been working as partners of the Ormeau Parklet, a collaborative project to deliver a prototype of pavement expansion that supports social distancing and improves quality of public space.
The Engaged Research Action Plan
The Engaged Research Action Plan will deliver the goals outlined in our vision. It has been built on the ideas, initiative and experiences of our staff and partners who have embedded engaged research at the heart of what they do.
The Engaged Research Seed Fund
The Engaged Research Seed Fund is an internal award scheme to support Engaged Research activities and projects.
The Fund is intended to support projects with clear potential to provide opportunities for research engagement with external stakeholders or to further consolidate research relationships, and that are not currently in receipt of other funds which could reasonably support that activity. The Fund also aims to assist in developing pump-priming activities which may open up the possibility of future external funding.
Engaged Research Seed Fund Guidance
Engaged Research Seed Fund Application Form
Completed applications should be sent to rpo@qub.ac.uk
Engaged Research Seed Fund - Sustainable Development Goals
Coming Soon - a dedicated Engaged Research funding stream to assist colleagues and partners working on addressing and delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Like the existing Engaged Research Support Fund, this funding stream will be open to projects and initiatives which meet one or more of the five key research engagement areas at Queens: Dissemination, Dialogue, Consultation, Collaboration, Partnership. Initiatives will also have to specifically detail how their engagement processes will address 2 or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and must include SDG 17, Partnerships for the Goals.
Research Engagement Networks
Our institutional research engagement networks assist research colleagues access policy stakeholders and decision makers. The Research Impact and Engagement Team coordinate these relationships and are happy to assist colleagues and external partners.
Capacity Building
The Impact and Engagement Team offers a variety of group and bespoke capacity building exercises.