Research Project Support
Find out about the support we offer to researchers who are looking to enhance the policy impact of their research.
Become a member of Public Policy|Southampton and benefit from our dedicated support to help you engage with policymakers and increase the policy impact of your research.
We deliver public policy impact through grant-funded research and provide strategic engagement with key policy partners at a local, regional, national and international level.
As a Public Policy|Southampton member you will get:
- support to justify policy implications of your research project in funding proposals
- support to carry out policy impact activities (when cost into successful grants) - developing policy impact plans, mapping out policy stakeholders, and producing policy briefs
- access to wide ranging networks of contacts in national and local Government, UK Parliament and elsewhere
- engagement with colleagues across the University with experience of working with policymakers
- short, free training courses addressing practical policy engagement skills such as writing policy briefs, answering consultations and writing successful Pathways to Impact statements
- general advice on the policymaking process in the UK
- opportunities to contribute to Evidence to Policy - our blogs dedicated to evidence-informed policymaking
- support in identifying and responding to Government consultations and Parliamentary inquiries
- promotion of policy briefs, policy events, blog posts and consultation responses via our diverse social media audience including over 3,900 Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn followers
Evidence to Policy Blogs
Read blogs from researchers and policymakers about the non linear path to policy impact.