Table 1.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria for reviewed articles

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Initial data check	Published between 2014 and 2021	Published before 2014
	Written in English	Language other than English
	Full-text primary research, reports, systematic reviews	Letters, editorials, conference abstracts
Biomedical health	Primary focus on health	No focus on health
Impact assessment	Includes impact assessment/analysis Use of impact framework or discussion of theory preferred but not required To be included, impact analysis should include evidence of the impact on research, policy, practice and/or broader health and society	Limited/no impact assessment/analysis, i.e. the article focuses more on outputs or monitoring Articles that focused on bibliometrics only were excluded
Funding programme	Refers to a specific funding portfolio/project/grant/programme for a discrete research activity and mentions the funding body	No mention of funding portfolio/project/grant/programme OR mentioned a funding programme that looked at the impact of research funding on individuals, networks and collaborations, institutes or departments, or otherwise did not focus on the impacts of project- or grant-based funded research
Assessment focus	A portfolio of grants, projects or contracts is assessed	Only one grant/project is assessed OR did not look at the impacts of the funded research programme but rather patterns of funding over time or funder processes such as grant applications or peer review