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 Date Deadline for proposing a paper 3 June 2026 9 September 2026 Deadline for submitting an accepted paper 10 June 2026 16 September 2026 Papers sent to Committee 17 June 2026 23 September 2026 Committee meeting date 24 June 2026 30 September 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)