In each of these countries, the regional coordinator worked with a country collaborator who held consultations with researchers, research managers and representatives of government and non-government organizations to determine the feasibility of obtaining information on the HRP indicators.
As with aggregate economic assessment, however, such broad-brush assessment of quality of life issues provides little direction to researchers, research managers, or policy makers in how to achieve quality of life goals.
In many cases the pressures brought to bear on researchers and research managers have been positive, as seen in the Wellcome's insistence on open access publications.
For researchers and research managers this model can help identify the mechanisms required to support effective integration within research projects.
We aimed to capture the various PI perspectives and interests of members of the public, user, academic and clinical researchers and research managers, directors, commissioners and funders.
Following the rapid pace of research in Iran, there is an emerging recognition of the importance of KT by researchers and research managers.
Finally, different perspectives could be elaborated upon and considered during the prioritization of interventions, since the discussion group consists of a variety of different stakeholders including members of research councils, research managers, researchers and research users.
The researchers and research managers of the universities believed there were no defined mechanisms or flowcharts for translating the results of a project and considered this one of the main obstacles to performing such activities in the universities.
Use of the tool enables research managers and researchers to identify strengths and weaknesses of knowledge translation within their institution and to subsequently develop interventions that could improve their organization's KT infrastructure and capacity.
Research managers and researchers can identify the strengths and weaknesses of their organization regarding knowledge translation upon using this 50-statement tool, and work toward identifying solutions for the improvement of the organization's infrastructure and capacity.
Such mechanisms included the Research Liaison Groups established in the 1970s, which attempted to bring together researchers, policymakers, professionals and research managers to identify relevant research topics in selected research areas.
