Introduction

SynSICRIS is an extension from DSpace-CRIS that helps for planning and monitoring of researchs' contributions to societal impact. 

The aim Objectives of the monitoring tool is:

• Foster social societal impact orientation from planning to beyond project completion.
• Reduces documentation effort through synergies: Replaces parts of applications and reports for research funding
• Support multiple use of data for evaluation, transfer and research funding processes

The data-model of the monitoring-tool is based on a set of criteria that can be used to assess the social potential societal impact potential of projects. This allows for a timely and fair assessment (which would not be possible with impact measurement). The criterisThus the criteria-set and the monitoring-tool is theoretically backed by approaches, that focus on increasing the impact-potential for desireable societal impact (like productive interactions, responsible research and innovation, transdisciplinary research, open science, knowledge and technology transfer, innovation studies, sustainability assessment, etc.).

The new features of the SynSICRIS-Monitoring-Tool connects project planning via an impact pathway and a workingplan-bar-chart with a monitoring approach. It can be used during the whole project livetime and via : Via versioning of the projectsa project, snapshoots of the different stages are available and can be compared. The data can be filtered and displayed in graphs for individual projects, as well as in a cross-project search environment.

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• Specifically tailored for German federal research funding – funding– with an approach that is as generalistic as possible to allow broader use
• Developed in the field of agriculture, food, environment and sustainability – transferability to other thematic areas is expected
• Usable also in parts and with some adaptations also for research institutions (e.g. impact - pathway or parts of the data model

More theoretical background:

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Impact-Pathway Functionality

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Further Information

 SynSICRIS homepage

 Publications Videos & Presentationsiented funding processes.