The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research aims to promote the generation, dissemination and use of knowledge for enhancing health system performance. It has a section on the site with a range of information on how to promote impact of research on policy.

The Council for Health Research for Development (COHRED) was established to improve links between research and policy in the health sector. COHRED has undertaken important work in this field over recent years in both developed and developing countries.

The Global Applied Research Network (GARNET) at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), Loughborough University is a mechanism for information exchange in the water supply and sanitation sector using low-cost, informal networks of researchers, practitioners and funders of research.

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explores the impact of economic policy research and ways of evaluating it. They held a workshop on assessing the impact of policy-oriented social science research in 2001, in which a number of ways for enhancing impact were identified. These included identifying a communications strategy, understanding policy processes, strengthening national and international research capacity, and presenting research as policy options.

Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) is a 'strategic national resource for the development of policy and practice in post-16 education and training'. They have a Research and Development Programme called Research Impact, and have produced papers such as Walter and Nutley's literature review, 'Models of Research Impact', in 2002.

The Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) project is managed by the Academy for Educational Development, Washington DC. Its aim is to improve policies and programmes in health and basic education. Together, AFR/SD and SARA aim to improve the link between research, policy development and program design and implementation in Africa.

The United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD) has ongoing work on Improving Research and Knowledge on Social Development in International Organizations and held a conference on Social Knowledge and International Policy Making: Exploring the Linkages.