Research, Impact and Innovation Committee
The Research, Impact and Innovation Committee informs, influences and facilitates the University-wide oversight and coordination of the activities related to facilitating excellent research, impact and innovation and a thriving research environment. The Committee reports to Academic Council.
This committee operates a framework for the creation and management of sub committees and short life working groups that sit beneath it. To see the currently active sub-committees and short life working groups, please see the right hand side bar.
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Purpose Date Deadline for proposing a paper 3 June 2026 Deadline for submitting an accepted paper 10 June 2026 Papers sent to Committee 17 June 2026 Committee meeting date 24 June 2026 Papers must be proposed to researchgovernance@st-andrews.ac.uk
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- May 2024 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- February 2024 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- February 2024 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- October 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- October 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- May 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- May 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- February 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- February 2023 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- September 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- September 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- May 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- May 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- February 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- February 2022 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- November 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- November 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- May 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- May 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- January 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- January 2021 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- September 2020 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee minutes (PDF)
- September 2020 - Research, Impact and Innovation Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- April 2020 - Research Committee minutes (PDF)
- April 2020 - Research Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- November 2019 - Research Committee minutes (PDF)
- November 2019 - Research Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- April 2019 - Research Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- April 2019 - Research Committee minutes (PDF)
- November 2018 - Research Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- November 2018 - Research Committee minutes (PDF)
- June 2018 - Research Committee agenda and papers (PDF)
- June 2018 - Research Committee minutes (PDF)
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Current entities
Sub-committee or group Next review date Sub-Committee on Research Integrity
February 2027
Sub-Committee on Open Research
May 2027
Sub-Committee on Researcher Career Development
May 2027
Sub-Committee on Technical Professional Development
May 2027
Sub-Committee on Researcher Culture Co-Ordination
February 2027
Short Life Working Group on Recognising Contributions to Research
February 2027
Documents
- Framework for managing research-related decision-making and proposal-forming entities (Word)
- Research-related decision-making and proposal-forming entities: templates (Word)
Research governance structure
This section explains the relationship between the Academic Senate, the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee, its sub-committees, and related groups involved in research governance and policy development.
How the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee sits within the research governance structure:
Academic Senate
The Academic Senate has a two-way relationship with the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee.
Research, Impact and Innovation Committee
Secretariat: Research and Innovation Services (RIS)
The Research, Impact and Innovation Committee reports to, and receives input from, Academic Senate.
Connected groups
- Research, Impact and Innovation Committee (RIIC) sub-committee on Research Culture Co-ordination
- Chair: Vice-Principal (Research, Collections and Innovation)
- Members include Provost, and Professional Services representatives from Research and Innovation Services (RIS), Planning, Human Resources, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team, and academic Faculty EDI leads.
- From each Research, Impact and Innovation Committee sub-committee: the academic lead, and the chair from Professional Services.
- Secretariat: Research and Innovation Services (RIS).
- Has a two-way relationship with RIIC sub-committees and short-life working groups.
- Reports into the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee.
- RIIC sub-committees and short-life working groups
These groups support the work of the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee.
Forums, boards and additional groups
- Research Staff Forum
- Represents postdoctoral researchers.
- Secretariat: Organisational and Staff Development Services (OSDS) in Human Resources
- Cohort representative groups
- May send representatives and items to the Research, Impact and Innovation Committee if desired
- University Teaching and Research Ethics Committee (UTREC)
- Secretariat: Research and Innovation Services (RIS)
- Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee (AWEC)
- Secretariat: Research and Innovation Services (RIS)
- Research Excellence Board
- Secretariat: Research and Innovation Services (RIS)
- Additional specialist groups
- Make and apply policy in certain specialist areas, independently of Research, Impact and Innovation Committee (RIIC)
- Convened in accordance with external requirements
- Additional strategic groups
- Propose policy to Research, Impact and Innovation Committee (RIIC)
- Then apply policy in certain strategic areas
- Provide strategic advice to the Vice-Principal (Research, Collections and Innovation)