“…Research projects at various points throughout curricula (particularly capstone projects) offer academics an opportunity to contribute to MITT activities in (potentially niche) topics of direct interest to themselves and/or the students (i.e., student-centered learning, which helps students to direct their learning of course material toward an outcome that is directly relevant to them [e.g., project management skills]). − Such MITT research projects embedded in curricula can deliver positive short- and long-term impacts, including increased collaborative research, ,,,,,,− increased research impact, ,,,,,,− increased grant income, ,,,, increased student employability by training the next generation of research-active academics to comfortably work at disciplinary interfaces, ,, societal impact by delivering graduates comfortable in the changing workplace, ,,,, and economic impact by supporting the economies they contribute to (e.g., by generation of intellectual property). ,,,,, Metrics associated with these factors have the potential to make the course and/or university more attractive to students and/or staff, which may have beneficial effects on the student and/or staff demographics, particularly when supported by mentoring initiatives (e.g., the US NSF Research Experience and Mentoring program). ,, …”