The project of embedding impact pathway thinking into the identification and prioritization of RD&E needs and investments for FRDC offers several benefits. Firstly, it aims to support a greater degree of systems thinking in the prioritisation processes of advisory committees. By working with advisory committees, the project aims to test how techniques such as theory of change can assist in delivering better-designed priorities. This approach helps make committee members' approaches explicit, improves design logic, and enhances communication of priorities. By focusing on ultimate objectives and system drivers like policy environments and climate change, larger agendas can be built across FRDC. The emphasis on barriers, enablers, assumptions, and necessary conditions aids in evaluating progress and learning. Ultimately, the project aims to improve FRDC's priority setting and increase impact for stakeholders by building knowledge, attitudes, skills, aspirations, and practices related to impact pathway thinking.