Impact Acceleration Account

The funding will be transformational for our research and the communities we serve, actively supporting the levelling up agenda of the Tees Valley and the cultural renewal of post-industrial towns and cities in the UK and internationally.

It aims to:

• extend the reach of our research through sustained and immersive partnership working with a diverse range of sectors and geographies through innovative and imaginative forms of engagement
• support cross-sector engagement to ensure sustainable and substantial impact work
• extend the reach of our work in terms of both geography and audience
• access international networks, engage more deeply with hard-to-reach and marginalised communities, ensure sustainable legacies, and build trust by demonstrating the significant value of arts and humanities research to a range of different sectors, stakeholders, and community groups

Resources will be used to support work to develop impact within three themes:

1. Re-imagining the creative industries
2. Raising the profile of hidden histories and voices
3. Reconnecting with the built and natural environment

The funds

IAA funding will support training, events, activities, residencies, and secondments where the proposed outcome aligns with the IAA's themes. Applicants can be full or part-time academic staff who are part of the Centre for Culture and Creativity. The IAA Support Board also welcomes applications from collaborations between Centre members and academics from Teesside University. Below are details of available funds:

• Agile funding (open March 2023 - January 2025, up to £500)
  To enable researchers to respond quickly to events leading to impact.
• Secondments and placements (up to £20k: up to six awards, four outgoing, two in-coming to take place in 2024)
  To support incoming and outgoing residencies and secondments with key partners to help identify specific sectoral and community challenges and opportunities.
• Impact funding (up to £6,000: up to ten awards, see guidelines)
  For collaborative impact generating activities

Applications will be assessed by the IAA Support Board using a scoring system based on the call criteria.

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As Research Fellow for the IAA Sally Blackburn-Daniels will be your first point of contact for IAA related questions and queries. Email Sally on s.blackburn-daniels@tees.ac.uk.