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Impact Acceleration Account

Teesside University has been awarded an AHRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA).

The IAA is designed to support the development and implementation of impact and will be managed by the Institute for Collective Place Leadership.

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 has been used to support training, events, activities, residencies, and secondments. Applicants for open calls may be full or part-time academic staff who are either part of the Institute for Collective Place Leadership or from our wider academic community at Teesside University.

Funding opportunities

  • Crossings & Coasts (C&C): Innovation Springboard is an AHRC IAA-funded programme designed to spark new interdisciplinary research, engagement and impact partnerships across Lancaster (LU), Teesside (TU) and Ulster (UU) Universities. It supports researchers who want to collaborate across disciplines and places to address shared priorities, challenges and opportunities within the creative industries.
    More about Crossings & Coasts (C&C): Innovation Springboard

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.

 

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