Program to Enhance Organizational RI Capacity (ORIC)
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The Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS) developed the Program to Enhance Organizational Research Impact Capacity (ORIC) to help institutions build/expand their own capacity to support broader impact (BI) efforts.
⇒ “Participating in the ORIC program has been a great experience. The professional development provided by the ARIS training team increased my knowledge base and equipped me to better support the research community at my organization. In true ARIS fashion, the ORIC program creates a sense of community in a supportive environment where practitioners can learn alongside and from each other.”
∼ BI Professional at The Ohio State University
ARIS will provide professional development, resources, mentoring and community-building to institutions and organizations that apply through a competitive process to participate. The program is cohort-based, with a cohort consisting of approximately five institutions, and each cohort training period lasting one year. During that year, BI professionals participate in an intensive training series designed and led by ARIS, followed by nine additional months of application and practice which is overseen and mentored by members of the ARIS training team.
Acknowledging that institutional/organizational change cannot just occur through a bottom-up approach, ORIC was designed with a requirement for each participating institution to present a “BI Team,” consisting of the BI Professional(s) and an Administrative Partner (typically someone such as a Vice Provost/President of Research or VP of Research Development). The job of the Administrative Partner is to serve as a champion for the efforts of the BI Professionals, and an active advocate for implementing the necessary administrative changes to expand and institutionalize buy-in and support for expanded, permanent BI support.
To learn more about this program, please see Frequently Asked Questions
To date, 20 institutions have participated in the ORIC Program. To learn more about these institutions and who represented each institution, see Pilot Cohort, 2021 Cohort, 2022 Cohort, and 2023 Cohort.