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This category seeks to celebrate individuals and/or teams who have made significant contributions to achieving Research Impact at Warwick.

Research Impact for this purpose is defined as an effect on, change or benefit to society, health, culture, the economy, public policy or services, the environment or quality of life, at regional, national and international scales, beyond academia.

The impact must be based on research undertaken at Warwick, with the impact ongoing or achieved within the past five years.

General Evaluation/Assessment criteria

Nominations will be evaluated/assessed on the following criteria:

1. Significance of the Impact – how significant has the impact been for those that it affects (directly or indirectly, e.g., in terms of economic impact, environmental impact, quality of life etc)?

2. Reach of the Impact – how far, in terms of stakeholders affected, the impact has reached? Reach could extend across multiple, diverse communities, organisations or sectors and/or numerous countries OR it could affect a specific public but with impact on this entire community.

3. Innovative and Inclusive Methods – how innovative and/or inclusive were the methods used to achieve impact, in areas such as, but not limited to, partnership working, collaboration and inclusion of research users in research design and/or development and/or application, citizen science, participatory research, and meaningful public engagement.