522 Building Better Broader Impacts (and Evaluation) for NSF Grant Proposals
Have reviewers ever criticized the Broader Impacts section of your NSF proposal as “parachute,” “bumblebee,” “standard,” “too ambitious,” or “grossly underfunded”? Do you wonder how to choose between all the different possible activities that qualify as Broader Impacts? How many different activities do you need? How do you write a Broader Impacts plan if your science is kind of esoteric and not as exciting to kids and the general public as dinosaurs or volcanoes? Can you create meaningful Broader Impacts if you don’t have training in science communication, K–12 education, or diversity and equity? How much of your budget—and how much of the text—should you devote to Broader Impacts? And what about evaluation and assessment? What does it entail, who can do it, and how much should it cost? This short course will demystify the NSF Broader Impacts criterion specifically for geoscientists. You’ll leave with concrete strategies to develop your own appropriately sized program of meaningful Broader Impacts for your next proposal— and for all of your proposals down the road. We will also discuss evaluation and assessment for both the Broader Impacts and Intellectual Merit aspects of NSF proposals.
Saturday, 14 October 2023
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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