Impact can be broadly defined as the contribution that research makes to society and the economy.
The University has developed a tool to help researchers, academics or support staff plan their approach to creating impact from research. It provides a step-by-step guide to planning research impact activity with links to many useful resources. It can be used to help write a Pathways to Impact plan for an RCUK grant, or more generally to plan for impact activity.
https://www.research-strategy.admin.cam.ac.uk/pathwaytoimpact/index.html