Developing Broader Impacts and Outreach Activities

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Broader Impacts are the likely practical applications of research and education activities – in the short-term and/or long-term.

Here are some resources to support development of the broader impacts component of your NSF project or other outreach activities at UNH.

The Potential Partners section below lists partners (within UNH and beyond) that have indicated they’re interested in working with UNH researchers and project directors.

 

UNH Broader Impacts and Partnership Resources

Broader Impacts and Partnership Resources in the RD Digital Library
Resources developed specifically to help UNH researchers and scholars develop their broader impacts and outreach activity plans, selected resources from others, and NSF's Broader Impacts reports.

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Broader Impacts

NSF 101: Five Tips for Your Broader Impacts Statement

A Broader Impacts Framework for Proposals Submitted to NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate

 

 

Advancing Research Impacts in Society (ARIS)

Formerly known as the National Alliance for Broader Impacts (NABI), ARIS is an international network of individuals and organizations working together to build institutional capacity, advance broader impacts, and demonstrate the societal benefits of research. ARIS works with scientists and engagement practitioners to build capacity, advance scholarship, and grow partnerships, and provides resources to help them engage with and demonstrate the impact of research in their communities and society. ARIS is supported by the National Science Foundation.

ARIS Broader Impacts Toolkit:

  • Broader Impacts Guiding Principles  
    What does NSF require? Get a high-level overview of societally relevant outcomes and review criteria specified by NSF
     
  • Planning Checklist  
    What elements are needed in a BI project? Use this list to review the key elements of an effective BI project proposal
     
  • BI Wizard  
    How to I develop my BI project proposal? Our interactive wizard will walk you through all of the key steps to building partnerships and and effective projec
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  • BI Project Rubric  
    How to I assess my project's potential? Use this interactive rubric to help you evaluate a Broader Impact project plan
     
  • Toolkit Quickstart and FAQs
    Learn about the various ways you can use the ARIS Toolkit to help you develop BI plans, review the BI plans of others, and communicate the societal impacts of your research.

All ARIS Resources - publications, webinars, summit documents and videos

ARIS YouTube Channel

Broader Impacts 101

ARIS Report (2023): Evolution of Broader Impacts

 

Other Resources

How to Nail Broader Impacts in Your Next NSF Grant Application - American Society for Microbiology

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS) - Public Engagement

Broader Impacts Resource Center – Penn State

Broader Impacts resources – UMass Amherst

 


Potential Partners

These organizations within UNH and beyond are looking forward to working with UNH researchers!

Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base contains forms, instruction and training material, minutes, policies, tools and other resources to support your research efforts by topic area.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

UNH Research and Large Center Development Office Contacts

 

Caitlin Aspinall
Senior Associate
Email:
caitlin.aspinall@unh.edu
Phone: (603) 862-2497

Ruth Davis
Program Assistant
Email: 
ruth.davis@unh.edu
Phone: (603) 862-2410

Lynnette Hentges
Senior Associate
Email: lynnette.hentges@unh.edu
Phone: (603) 862-2002

Mark Milutinovich
Executive Director
Email: 
mark.milutinovich@unh.edu
Phone: (603) 862-5338

Michael Thompson
Director
Email: michael.thompson@unh.edu
Phone: (603) 862-5255

RLCD Main Office:
303 Thompson Hall

 

 

 

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The Picture Post network website hosts repeat digital photographs taken by monitors at picture post sites Contact Annette Schloss

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Jen Bourgeault

Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
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NH EPSCoR
Research and outreach activities to: broaden and strengthen NH's research capacity and competitiveness; support business, industry and society with a workforce educated in science, engineering and mathematics; and improve communication between scientists and the public

NH Innovation Research Center (NHIRC)
Matches businesses in NH with dollars to support translational research efforts that further
growth and development of New Hampshire businesses, increasing job growth, opportunities, and revenues

NH NASA EPSCoR
Merit-based program designed to strengthen research capabilities at member academic institutions in jurisdictions not equably participating in competitive aerospace and aerospace-related research activities

NH Sea Grant
Federal-university partnership that supports research, education and outreach to help balance the conservation of coastal and marine resources with a sustainable economy and environment

NH Space Grant Consortium
Brings together NH's educational and scientific communities to foster public interest in science education, scholarship, and research

Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP)
Joint local/state/federal program working to protect and enhance estuarine resources

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Academy for Science and Design 
Chartered public school in Nashua, NH

Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

Children's Museum of New Hampshire

Explore the Ocean World, LLC
Hands-on classroom ocean science program and summer Oceanarium facility at Hampton Beach, NH led by marine biologist/UNH alum Ellen Goethel

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

Girls, Inc. of New Hampshire

Gundalow Company
Protecting the Piscataqua region's maritime heritage and environment through education and action

Hank Green (Book Writer, Video Maker, Science Communicator, Small Business Lover. Co-creator of Crash Course, SciShow, Vlogbrothers, VidCon, DFTBA.com)

Do you ever apply for NSF Grants that have Broader Impact requirements? Would you like to work with me and

to get outreach work done? I feel like we can help each other! Email me at: hank@complexly.com

 

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

National Society of Black Engineers

New England Association of Chemistry Teachers

New England Catalysis Society

NH High Tech Council

NH Manufacturing Extension Partnership

NH Science Olympiad
Science competitions and events for grade K-12 students and their teachers

NH Science Teachers Association

NH Teachers of Mathematics

NH Transfer Connections Program
Provides guidance and resources to facilitate planning for and making the transition from associate's degree programs to bachelor's programs at NH institutions

North Country Educational Services
Provides professional development and services, e.g., psychological assessment, speech and occupational therapy, distance learning, resource library

NSF Research Assistantships for High School Students (RAHSS): Funding to Broaden Participation in the Biological Sciences
Fosters interest in the pursuit of studies in the Biological Sciences and broadens participation of high school students, particularly individuals from those groups underrepresented in STEM

NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
Research/educational opportunity for in-service and pre-service K-12 STEM teachers and community college faculty

NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET): Funding Opportunity in the Biological Sciences
Enables K-12 science educators to participate in projects funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO)

NSF Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science
Program from the Directorates for Engineering (ENG) and Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) focused on a reciprocal exchange of expertise between K-14 educators and research faculty and (when applicable) industry mentors

NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Active research participation by undergraduate students

NSF Veterans Research Supplement (VSR) Program
Active research participation by veterans as community college, undergraduate or graduate students, K-12 STEM teachers, or community college faculty

Seacoast School of Technology
Regional Career and Technical Center serving high school students in the Seacoast region

Seacoast Science Center

SEE Science Center

STEAM Ahead
A collaboration between the Manchester School District, the University System of New Hampshire, Manchester Community College and the business community to create an educational system that prepares our students for the challenge of meeting the daily needs of this dynamic, diverse, and richly complex community by integrating the arts and the STEM disciplines.
Contact: Lucy Weathers at
vistawest@mansd.org

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