Discontinuation of Engagement and Impact (EI) 2024 assessment

The Australian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer Ms Judi Zielke PSM has announced the discontinuation of the scheduled 2024 round of the Engagement and Impact (EI) assessment. EI assesses how well Australian university researchers engage with end-users of research and how well universities are translating research into impacts beyond academia.

EI is administered by the ARC as a companion assessment to Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), Australia’s national research quality assessment. The ARC is currently developing a plan to transition to a new framework for research evaluation and provide a more modern, data driven assessment. As ERA and EI are interrelated exercises, changes to ERA are likely to impact EI. The ARC previously announced on 30 August 2022 that an ERA round would not be conducted in 2023.

The ARC is being supported by an expert working group in developing the transition plan and considering the resulting impacts to EI. The transition plan will be delivered to the Minister for Education, the Hon Jason Clare MP, in December 2022.

If you have any questions, please email era@arc.gov.au or phone +61 2 6287 6755