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Follow a 6-step approach to enhance your planning and steer your research initiatives toward success with precision and purpose.
Developing a strategic research plan for your institution is like creating flight plans for air traffic controllers to navigate airplanes safely. Collaborating with your teams to establish these plans allows your leadership to effectively guide each research group.
A well-defined framework, along with advanced tools that offer critical intelligence and insights, can make a significant difference in maneuverability and illuminate the paths toward achieving your research goals.
Developing a strategic research plan involves an intricate process of evaluation, planning, implementation and monitoring. This cyclical journey requires a deep understanding of both the internal capabilities of your institution and the external research landscape. By utilizing a structured framework, you can create a plan that is robust and flexible, ensuring that it remains relevant amid changing circumstances.
We've adapted a strategic research planning formula developed by Huong Thi Lan Nguyen and Bernadine Van Gramberg (2017). You may choose to follow these six steps or a similar sequence:
Evaluate your current situation
Assess the external environment
Assess the internal environment
Formulate your strategies
Implement your strategy
Monitor and evaluate
Through each step, gaining insights to assess your research performance across your departments and researchers, evaluate your peers, and identify strengths and areas for improvement will be key.
SciVal helps you plan your next steps, implement new practices, assess your progress and adjust for ever-greater results.
Analyze your present situation
Assess the landscape around you
Assess your own efforts
Build a detailed research strategy and plan
Implement your strategy and plan
Adjust on the fly
Strategic research planning is a continuous process, not a one-off event. SciVal supports you every step of the way as you plan your next step, implement new practices, assess your progress and adjust for ever-greater results.
SciVal is purpose-built for the research community, so it goes beyond generic tools to effectively support research strategy and planning needs.
Rather than customizing a general-purpose analytics solution to meet your needs, you can smoothly move through the six steps of the strategic research planning process, drawing upon metrics and insights to enhance each stage. No matter what level of performance and analysis you're currently achieving, SciVal can show you opportunities to improve, grow and expand.
See how a team identifies their university's research strengths for situational analysis. SciVal highlights top researchers and emerging fields, providing valuable insights for developing a transformative five-year strategic research plan.
How can SciVal help your institution bridge gaps in understanding and support informed decision-making?
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