Science can help solve complex societal challenges, which requires an interdisciplinary approach to align the needs and expectations of all stakeholders in your project. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) wants to promote the contribution of research to society and fulfill a more connecting role in science and between science and society. In this connecting role the knowledge utilisation policy of NWO is important because knowledge utilisation increases the chance to reach societal impact. Knowledge utilisation is an iterative process in which activities are planned with stakeholders and end-users to promote the use of results from your research project.
Not all funding instruments of NWO focus on achieving societal impact. Therefore, three proportionally different approaches for knowledge utilisation were designed.
The three knowledge utilisation strategies - Impact Outlook, Impact Plan and Impact Focus - support various activities to stimulate or reach societal impact, from the creation of the project idea, during the project and after the research has been completed
If you need help to develop your impact strategy or need input for the knowledge utilisation section in your grant application, contact the UMCG Grant Support Hub.
