Research Impact Workshops

Deepening Your Understanding of Broader Impacts

The National Science Foundation employs two criteria in the merit review of proposals: the Intellectual Merit and the Broader Impacts of the proposed activity. While most researchers know what is meant by Intellectual Merit, experience shows that many are less clear about the meaning of Broader Impacts. [NSF Dear Colleague Letter

This workshop will go beyond the fundamentals of NSF’s Broader Impacts (BI) criterion, to explore why BI matters and how BI fits into your proposal. This session will benefit PIs who are starting to develop their NSF Broader Impacts plans or who are exploring research impact in their careers. 


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Developing Your Research Impact Identity

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Broadening Participation for Research Impact


Research Impact Partnerships and Resource Fair

If you are working on a research impact plan, such as NSF broader impacts, and are seeking new resources and partners, join us for a panel discussion and tabling fair. We will begin with a panel of UT staff experts who will share their tips for collaborating effectively with external partners. We will then hold a tabling fair featuring the on-campus units who can support plan development, or who can connect you to undergraduate students, K-12 systems, local communities, and industry partners to maximize your research impact. 

    
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Evaluating Research Impact Activity 

You’ve now addressed your project’s Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts criteria. How will you prove to the funding agency that your plan will work? That your research will, indeed, meet Broader Impacts objectives? This session will guide you through some techniques to develop an effective project evaluation plan with a step-by-step approach (logic model) that helps you meet your proposal’s project evaluation requirements. 

This session will benefit PIs who are developing their NSF Broader Impacts plans or who want to develop best practices on assessing impact in their research for their own benefit or to satisfy the societal impact requirements of their funders. 

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