Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 10 2 2021 02 01 Building Research Capacity for Impact in Applied Health Services Research Partnerships; Comment on “Experience of Health Leadership in Partnering With University-Based Researchers in Canada – A Call to “Re-imagine” Research” 93 97 3751 10.15171/ijhpm.2020.11 EN Jo Cooke NIHR Collaboration and Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Yorkshire and Humber (CLAHRC YH), Sheffield, UK Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK 0000-0002-9629-0545 Journal Article 2019 11 23 Bowen and colleagues ask us to re-imagine how to conduct research in academic-practice partnerships, and to develop capacity in the applied research and health workforce to do this. This commentary reinforces their messages, and describes a framework of research capacity development for impact (RCDi) which emphasizes active and continuous experiential learning within research partnerships. The RCDi framework includes the need to focus on multiple levels in the collaboration architecture, and describes principles of working that aims to increase impact on services, and learning opportunities for all partners. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3751_21ce689121e39821d07d04faab328370.pdf