Make the most of the Researchfish submission with tips and advice provided to us by the team at Researchfish.

Tips to optimise your Researchfish submission

Consider the following when working on your Researchfish submission:

  • Connect your Researchfish account to your ORCID account to enable data to be harvested from ORCID ready to attribute in Researchfish
  • Use persistent unique identifiers for your outcomes
  • Read funder specific guidance
  • Aim to provide a well-rounded overview of what the award has produced
  • Utilise more than one category of information and consider all the areas of impact which have come from your award
  • Answer any additional questions which have been assigned to your award by your funder
  • Add outcomes at any point throughout the year, not just in the submission period

Read more on the Researchfish guide: Tips to optimise your Researchfish submission for both you and your funder

Information submitted via Researchfish

Information provided through Researchfish may be used for different activities, generally falling into three main strategic areas noted below.

  1. Communicate and demonstrate the benefits/progress of research funding
  2. Strategy/policy development
  3. Studies/analysis to better understand research and how it leads to impact

More detail on each area is available on the Researchfish guide: How is the information submitted via Researchfish used by your funder(s)

Help and support

For help and support with your Researchfish submission, including user guides, tutorial videos, FAQs and webinars, visit the Researchfish help and support portal