Impact is the difference the project makes to the area of focus in terms of changes and benefits, during and after the project has finished. The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) have developed an Impact Management Planning and Evaluation Ladder (IMPEL) to guide grants applicants to consider the project's impact at multiple levels.

This is a person (or a team) who is appointed by the grant recipients for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the project. This person or team is not involved in the conception, development or delivery of the project. They may also be referred to as an external evaluator. Note that independent evaluators are mandatory for some categories of grant (e.g. Commissioned, Innovation and Development) but not others (e.g. Seed Projects and Extension Grants).  

These are institutional contributions to a project, most often in the form of a percentage of a project team member’s time which might be, for example, 20% of their salary (equivalent of 1 day a week) for the duration of the project. Other common in-kind contributions are office and meeting room/lecture theatre use, provision of computing and web-based facilities, catering, and hosting teleconferences.

'An idea, product, process or service that adds value, is useful or transforms current practice in the context to which it is applied. ‘First generation innovators’ are those who do or create something new or different. ‘Second-generation innovators’ are those who take an innovation from one context and replicate, adapt or transform it for use within a new context.' (Southwell et al., 2005, p. 2).

Source document for glossary entry: Hinton, T., Gannaway, D., Berry, B., & Moore, K. (2011). The D-Cubed Guide: Planning for Effective Dissemination. Sydney: Australian Teaching and Learning Council.

Reference used in glossary entry: Southwell, D., Gannaway, D., Orrell, J., Chalmers, D., & Abraham, C. (2005). Strategies for effective dissemination of project outcome: Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

An amount from the total project budget that the lead institution claims to cover the administrative and overhead costs associated with hosting the project. Historically, OLT have stipulated that the administration levy does not exceed 10% of the total budget. Note that it is up to the institution to apply the levy. Some institutions choose not to apply the levy.

Includes all copyright (including rights in relation to phonograms and broadcasts), all rights in relation to inventions (including patent rights), plant varieties, registered and unregistered trademarks (including service marks), registered designs, circuit layouts, and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields, as related to the proposed project outlined in the application.

Source document for glossary entry: Office for Learning and Teaching. (2015). 2016 Innovation and Development Grants and Strategic Priority Commissioned Grants: Programme information and application instructions. Version 1.0.

These are progress reports to the funding body where grant recipients report progress against deliverables and have the opportunity to raise any issues that may have emerged. They may be written or verbal reports.

Internal grants are offered within an institution and are open to staff of that institution. These schemes vary in size and number but typically aim to build institutional capability in priority areas as well as providing a pipe-line to national grants schemes.

The process by which an institution reviews applications for grants from its staff. This varies across institutions and may involve peer review processes and/or an internal review committee typically chaired by a DVC or PVC Teaching and Learning (or equivalent). The internal review committee may provide feedback to authors to help improve the application. They may also recommend that an application is not sufficiently developed to compete at the national level in the current round.