3 Ways To Simplify the Tracking of Your Research Funding Outcomes
The research you fund is only as good as the outcomes it generates. Funders have to make the process of reporting easy for researchers so they can give you the metrics you need while not sacrificing their important research time. Tracking and measuring the impact of funding can leave researchers and funders alike misaligned and out of sync, which in turn, leaves everyone isolated and in the dark. Even when there are outcomes to be tracked, gathering the data and efficiently reporting it is a different story. Based on a global 2016 survey , 36% of researchers felt they would benefit from improved systems for tracking impact. Quality data reporting, in turn, dramatically influences the confidence of their funders, i.e., you. Here are three ways you can simplify your impact reporting process Separate your key metrics into easy to access activity categories When reporting metrics and outcomes, there’s a delicate balance between what the researcher has to do and what...