Impact and Innovation
The University has been awarded more than £7 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s Impact Acceleration Account (IAA), which supports the ‘best, brightest and most disruptive ideas’ from UK research institutions, including funding for engineering and physical science innovation.
MPLS Impact Acceleration Accounts
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EPSRC IAA
EPSRC IAA funds activities that will help to accelerate the impact from research that falls within the EPSRC remit.
STFC IAA
STFC IAA funds activities that will accelerate impact from research that falls within the STFC remit.
MPLS IAA Case studies
EPSRC Case Studies
Read about some of the recent MPLS projects that have successfully applied for IAA funding.
RisingWISE case studies
A series of case studies from the award-winning MPLS RisingWISE programme.
Other IAAs and Partnerships
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MLSTF
The Medical and Life Sciences Translational Fund provides consolidated internal proof of concept funding for translational medical and life sciences projects.
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BBSRC IAA
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Impact Acceleration Account aims to amplify the impact arising from BBSRC-related research.
ESRC IAA
The Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration account aims to maximise the impact of social and economic research.
Environment IAA
The Environment Impact Acceleration Account is open to University of Oxford researchers who are undertaking environment-related research across any disciplinary area.
Seed Fund
Siemens AG (SAG) University Relations, Oxford (UoO) IAA Team and TU Berlin’s (TUB) Siemens Center of Knowledge Interchange are partnering in a trilateral Seed Fund to stimulate joint research project bids
Impact Awards
MPLS Impact Awards
Our annual awards aim to foster, raise awareness of, and reward impact at a local level, and prepare the ground for the impact case studies that will be needed for future REF and similar exercises.
Impact conferences
IAA Conference 2025
The University's Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) conference showcased the economic, social and policy impacts of UKRI-funded project across the University of Oxford.