RCUK Research Outcomes System (ROS)
ROS is a new online data collection system to capture the outcomes and impacts arising from AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, NERC and NC3Rs funded research.
The system is open all year round and should be updated whenever new outputs or impacts arise from Research Council funded work. The Research Councils will be actively reminding grant holders of their obligation to ensure data is up to date.
These reminders will be issued from January to March to ensure the data for both current and completed grants is ready by 31st March.
They are particularly keen that the 'Publications', 'Other Research Outputs', 'Impact' and 'Key Findings' sections of ROS are completed.
WHICH GRANTS DOES THIS EFFECT?
Information is being requested by AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC and ESRC for grants that are either live or finished after 1st April 2006. NERC and NC3Rs adopted ROS from January 2013. NERC will use ROS as a replacement for their Research Outputs Database (ROD) and NERC will no longer require a grant final report via Je-S from January 2013. NC3Rs will expect all research outputs, outcomes and impacts to be entered into ROS.
Access to the ROS is available at https://logon.rcuk.ac.uk/. Grantholders, Delegates and Institutional Users can log in using their Je-S Username and Password.
Video tutorials and a set of useful FAQs are available on the RCUK website: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/researchoutcomes/pages/ROS.aspx
Requests for further information or any questions can be sent to researchoutcomes@rcuk.ac.uk
FURTHER ASSISTANCE
A Guidance Document has been created to provide further assistance on the requirements for uploading information to the ROS, this is available to download to the right and includes:
- General information about the system and key contact points at the University
- An overview of the types of outcomes included on the system
- Arrangements for final reporting when a grant comes to an end
- More detailed guidance for returning information in the IP and Exploitation Outcomes section of the system
Advice on Impact, including some research council case studies, is available on our dedicated webpage: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/research/res/Impact/index.htm
