Impact Collaborator Community

As an Impact Collaborator, you will get the chance to engage with Queen Mary’s mission in shaping research that leads to meaningful change through:

• Collaborating with Queen Mary’s professional service staff helping researchers achieve real world impact and change from their research
• Sharing their expertise, engaging with pioneering research, and contributing to innovations that benefit society, industries, and communities across the UK and globally

We are inviting external professionals with varied levels of expertise (from junior to mid/senior levels)

Profiles of professionals can include but are not limited to the following sectors and positions:

• Industry: Analysts/Associates/Officers in R&D, Finance, Business Development
• Policy and Government: Policy Assistants, Research Analysts, Civil Servants, Scientists
• Non-profits / Civil Society: Coordinators/Officers in Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation or Community Engagement
• Health and Social Care: Practitioners, Clinical Researchers, Fellows
• Education: Teachers, Postdocs, Early Career Researchers, Knowledge Exchange Professionals
• Creative and Cultural Sectors: Assistants, Producers, Curators, Emerging Artists
• Startups: Founders (pre-seed/seed stage), Consultants, Venture Developers, Accelerator Programme Coordinators/Associates/Managers

You can participate as a Peer Reviewer, Panelist for early-stage impact projects, or both:

Peer Reviewer

• What you’ll do: Assess applications for impact funding (£10k-£50k) and provide feedback to help researchers improve their projects
• Your impact: Help ensure that projects funded by the Queen Mary Impact Fund are of the highest quality and truly impactful

Panelist 

• What you’ll do: Serve on panels to assess innovative, early-stage research projects seeking up to £10k in funding
• Your impact: Shape high-risk, high-reward projects and guide research that has the potential to drive societal change

Benefits

Key benefits that you can expect to gain as an Impact Collaborator:

1. Professional development: Capacity building around impact and understanding essential components to address socio-economic challenges
2. Access to Networking/Training: Networking with professionals in science, innovation, entrepreneurship, and policymaking with access to training opportunities organised by Queen Mary University of London 
3. Contributing to Impact: Engagement with innovative research and improving impactful projects

You can register your interest here or get in touch with the Impact Team at impact-acceleration@qmul.ac.uk if you'd like to learn more about this opportunity