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We have compiled a list of handy resources for your research journey.

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Altmetrics for Institutions

Altmetrics for Institutions logoAltmetrics for Institutions is a web-based platform that enables you to search, monitor and measure online conversations surrounding the research outputs of specific authors, research groups and departments at your institution. This data can support institutions in several key areas, including:

  • Increasing & Evidencing Engagement with Your Research – Monitor early engagement and be aware of who is talking about your research, and what they’re saying. Ensure that your researcher is accurately reported and communicated.
  • Funding – Find evidence of broader impact and engagement for use in funding applications, and to showcase the attention your research generates.

Funding Institutional

Funding Institutional logoFunding Institutional combines over 18,000 active funding opportunities with information on over 6.3 million awarded research grants from a wide-range of funders.

Search easily for active, accurate funding opportunities in a timely manner from over 4,300 government and private funding organizations, and by offering insight into research that has already been funded in your area of interest.

Funding Institutional is integrated into Pure so that you can access opportunities from Pure or Funding Institutional directly and easily share opportunities with colleagues.

Pure

Pure is the University of Northampton’s current research information system and is also our portal to the world, showcasing the research outputs, projects, datasets and activities of our researchers.

Pure Award Management

Pure Award Management is the University’s award system which enables the Research and Innovation Funding Support team to track, monitor and manage bid-related activity. Integrated in Pure, the system allows academics and researchers to create applications for funding, obtain institutional approval and keep track of their applications.

Pure Award Management also captures post award by the creation of awards and projects for successful bids. Academics and researchers can store post award documentation, record and track time spent on a project and create milestones. Research activities (datasets, equipment, impact, outputs and papers) can be linked to the project.

Pure Award Management enables applications, awards and projects to be stored in one location making it an ideal one-stop source for your research.

Viva Engage

Viva Engage is the tool used for all communications from Research & Knowledge Exchange teams – providing support for all staff and students at the University of Northampton.

 

Impact is an increasingly pressing issue for funders of research projects with a majority of funders now specifically requiring an impact plan as a condition of their grant. These funders have resources and tools that you can access to develop the level of impact planning that they require in funding applications:

  • CORE Discovery – An in-browser extension from CORE –additionally recommends OA articles on a similar subject if the article is paywalled
  • Open Access Button – Automatically detects paywalled articles and presents an open access alternative.
  • Unpaywall – An extension which searches for free scholarly articles when the published version is behind a paywall
  • Direct2AAM – Shows authors how to retrieve their accepted manuscript from most common publisher submission tools