An Overview of the NSF CAREER, Broader Impacts, and Developing, Inplementing, and Writing a High-Quality Integrated Researh and Education Plan (IRP)

An Overview of the NSF CAREER and
Developing, Implementing, and Writing
a High-Quality Integrated Research and
Education Plan (IRP):
MICHAEL THOMPSON, PHD “THE BROADER IMPACTS GUY”
DIRECTOR OF BROADER IMPACTS IN RESEARCH (BIR): HTTP://BIR.OU.EDU/
OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH (OVPR)
NSF CAREER Writing Workshop

NSF CAREER - Workshop Overview:
1. Basic overview of NSF CAREER,
2. NSF CAREER revisions/additions since last year – they may add a point
or two at the upcoming NSF CAREER webinar (happens every year).
3. Planning and Writing for the NSF CAREER
4. Figuring out how to integrate your research and education (IRP)
5. Going over your Faculty Individual Strategic Assessment Profile (FII-SAP)
to develop your Integrated Research and Education Plan (IRP)
6. Other hints to being successful

What is the NSF CAREER Program?
A Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science
Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career
faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role
models in research and education and to lead advances in the
mission of their department or organization.
Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm
foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education
and research.
*ALWAYSREADTHE SOLICITATION*…

Modifiedfromthe2009NSFCAREERWorkshop-*ALWAYSREADTHE SOLICITATION*…

Your CAREER Involves a
Research Path not a
Research Project
Figure Out Your Lifelong
Goals (Identity) and the
Identify Milestones
Toward Your Goals
Detail at least out the
first two as the research
projects for your
CAREER
What the CAREER is…

Overview of NSF
CAREER:
Please Read the
Solicitation!!!
Applicablefor2018,2019
Read the GPG!!!

Directorates and
Offices Soliciting
CAREER
Proposals
NSF CAREER
Program
Deadlines
Award: Solo PI
Project duration: 5 years
Minimum award: $400,000
Exception: BIO, ENG, and
OPP: $500,000 minimum.
Know which directorate you
should submit to!!!
How do you know?

NSF CAREER
Program
Eligibility
Who May
Serve as
PI?

 Cover Sheet
 Project Summary
 Project Description
 References Cited
 Biographical Sketch
 Budget
 Budget Justification
 Current and Pending Support
 Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources (FEOR)
 Data Management Plan
 Postdoctoral Mentoring Plan
 Departmental Letter (Super Important!)
 (Optional) Collaboration Letters
Proposal Sections
That Should be
Considered.
Things to Consider if Applicable:
 Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
 International/Global Dimensions
 Field Work in Polar Regions
 Proposals Requiring Seagoing Facilities
 References Cited for Research and Education
 Cross Sector Perspectives*
 Scientific Software Development*
 Education Activities*
*DESIGNATESNEWADDITIONS…

What is Another Thing That is Truly
Unique About the CAREER?
One of the few proposals that takes into consideration four nuanced
aspects of the criteria instead of two:
I. Intellectual Merit
II. Broader Impacts (Think “Outcomes” first and activities second!)
III. Intellectual Merit through Broader Impacts
IV. Broader Impacts through Intellectual Merit
Dissemination, Communication, and Assessment
Integrated Research
and Education Plan
(IRP)

NSF Broader Impacts
Criteria:
NSF long-term sustainable
outcomes/ impacts

Questions:
 What is already known?
 What is new?
 What will your research add?
 What will this do to enhance or enable research in your or other
fields?
The Intellectual Merit is the contribution that your
research makes to the knowledge base…
10 minute exercise
What is the mission of
your department or
school?

Means to benefit society include:
 Economic/environment/energy
 Education and training
 Providing opportunities for
underrepresented groups
 Improving research and education
infrastructure
 *Other areas that may benefit not
described above
The key issue is how your
research results will be applied —
and why would the public care?
The Broader Impact focuses on the benefit (aspect of)
to society at large…
20 minute exercise
What are all of your broader impacts (outcomes)
you want to achieve?
What are you broader impacts activities you have
done to achieve those outcomes?

Broader Impacts (BI) is an International Trend !!!
Responsible Research and Innovation
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Societal benefit
Equity in development
US Department of Education: Relevant Outcomes and Ultimate Outcomes
Knowledge Mobilization

What Does Broader Impacts (BI) Really Mean?: A Cross Case Analysis
Broader Impacts (BI) is defined as encompassing the potential to benefit society and contribute to
achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes.
Broader Impacts (BI): Process with stakeholders/people for
Achieving a specified goal that is societally beneficial in a Finite
time that is measured (BICF Lexicon and SBT&P, 2014).
EU- Davis and Laas, 2014 England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2014
Netherlands, 2014
Reference: Davis M. & Laas K., (2014), Sci Eng Ethics. A Comparison of Criteria…

What Does Broader Impacts (BI) Really Mean?: A Cross Case Analysis
Broader Impacts (BI) is defined as encompassing the potential to benefit society and contribute to
achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes.
EU- Davis and Laas, 2014 England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, 2014
Netherlands, 2014
Reference: Davis M. & Laas K., (2014), Sci Eng Ethics. A Comparison of Criteria…
Is a process utilized by an entity or person to achieve a societal
benefit in a finite measured amount of time. (Adetunji and
Thompson, 2016).

Sustainable
Impact
Sustainable
Impact
Partnerships,
Relationships, &
BI Identities
Partnerships,
Relationships, &
BI Identities
Partnerships,
Relationships, &
BI Identities
The Broader Impacts Conceptual
Framework (BICF):
- An explicitly societal centric framework
that allows for engagement from society
into the institution and engagement
from the institution into society
- An engagement-outcome-impact
model for creating sustainable
societal beneficial impacts
- A framework that is relevant for an
entire institution, provides insight into
how the BI community and engagement
community can explicitly interact
- Provides a way to institutionalize BI and
engagement, and introduces and brings together
fields of study and practice - Societal Benefit
Theory & Practice (SBT&P)
*Impact
Identities
*Impact
Identities
* Julie Risien coined this term
Communicate Knowledge
is more applicable than to
Disseminate it in BICF

The Five Structures of Broader Impacts (BI):
BI IDENTITY:
Is who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world,
and the characteristics that define you based off of a process/es with stakeholders/people
to achieve a societal benefit in a finite amount of time that is measured… Everyonehas a
BI identity.
Framework (BICF):
BI Identity Non-Academic definition: Is who you are and how you plan to engage and benefit others by leaving a legacy through your research, teaching, occupation, and/or service.

Broader Impacts – A process with people/stakeholders to
achieve a societal benefit in a finite time that is measured. This
can be through one’s teaching, research, service, and
occupation. There can be broader impacts of almost anything.
If done appropriately broader impacts can lead to sustainable
positive impacts.
[1].Adetunji, O.and Renoe,S.(2017). AssessingBroaderImpacts.MRSAdvances, 1-6.Doi:10.1557/ adv.2017.136.
[2].Adetunji, O.and Thompson,M.(2016). The BroaderImpacts Conceptual Framework(BICF)2014 LexiconModificationforthe Brown
UniversityEngaged Scholarshipand BroaderImpactsJoint Committee YearEnd Reportof2015-2016. BrownUniversity.
[3].The BroaderImpacts inResearch(BIR)Organization.(2014). BIDefinitionsGuide: An abbreviated collectionofexplanations that
begins to providea commonlanguage whendiscussing, practicing,understanding, and better articulating the dimensionsofbroader
impacts (BI).[Brochure].[Norman,Oklahoma].Thompson,M.
[4].The BroaderImpacts inResearch(BIR)Organization.(2014). BroaderImpacts Conceptual Framework(BICF)Lexicon.The Universityof
Oklahoma.Thompson,M.
The Research-Based Scholarly Definition of
Broader Impacts

Process with stakeholders/people for Achieving a specified goal that is
societally beneficial in a Finite time that is measured.
University Community
Local Community
State Community
Regional Community
National Community
Global / International Community
(*caveat here*)
NSF Recommended areas of BIAspects of Society
Used to Help
Achieve NSF BI
Areas

NSF Recommended areas of BI
1. Full participation of women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities in STEM
(specifically African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Pacific Islanders)
2. Improved STEM education and educator development at any level
3. Increased public scientific literacy and public engagement with science and technology
4. Improved well-being of individuals in society
5. Development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce
6. Increased partnerships between academia, industry, and others
7. Improved national security
8. Increased economic competitiveness of the United States
9. Enhanced infrastructure for research and education I. Broadening Participation
II. Education and Infrastructure
III. Industry and Competitiveness
IV. Everything Else
NSF Broader Impacts Categories:

BI Criterion: How NSF Proposals are Reviewed

NSF CAREER New
Additions / Revisions
From Last Year:

From NationalAllianceforBroaderImpacts(NABI)Newsletter, 2017;KateSpohrandKayeStorm
NSF CAREER
New
Additions
Reviewers’ expectations for the size, number, and scope of
education activities for CAREER proposals vary greatly by
directorate, division, and even specific cluster. It’s therefore
essential that the investigator carefully research what a
successful education/BI plan looks like in his/her discipline.
NSF's Award Search Feature is a user-friendly tool that
all investigators should become familiar with. In the
reference code field, enter “1045” (the code for
CAREER awards). In the organization field, select the
directorate. Additional fields, such as element and
reference codes, allow the PI to further refine the search by
division and cluster. For more info, visit NSF’s advanced
search help page.

Planning and Writing for
The NSF CAREER
(Key Points):

 Brainstorm ideas. (*ALSO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS
YOUR PROFESSIONAL/BI IDENTITY*)
 Once you have chosen a topic, make a tree diagram
outlining the connections between your
topics. This will become the backbone of
your proposal.
 Think about having three major subareas, with
approximately three major tasks in each.
 Create a summary diagram (of the tree outlining
your proposal) and use it in the Introduction
to your proposal.
T1
Title
S1
T2 T3
S2
T4 T5 T6
S3
T7 T8 T9
From SuzanneShontz,PhD;NSFCAREERAWARDWINNER– OREDSeminar,MississippiStateUniversity
NSF CAREER – How to get started:

NSF CAREER
Project
Description
Your CAREER Involves a
Research Path not a
Research Project
Figure Out Your Lifelong
Goals (Identity) and
then Identify Milestones
Toward Your Goals
Detail at least out the
first two as the research
projects for your
CAREER
Yourprojectdescriptionputinterms
of thebroadercontextof your
researchprogram

 Page 1: Overview of proposed research. Expand on
paragraphs in proposal summary. Figures help! What do you
propose to do? What is the state of the for it? What are your
contributions?
 Page 2: Research focus. Evaluation. Qualifications. Why
should YOU be given an NSF CAREER Award?
 Pages 3-4: Background. Background (and theory when
relevant).
 Pages 5-13: Research plan. Overview of research plan –
organize into research areas and tasks. Include research
roadmap figure. For each research area: overview the area.
For each research task: give a justification for the task,
describe your preliminary work, and describe your proposed
work. Do not blur the lines between your preliminary work
and your proposed work. Evaluation. How do you know when
you are successful. Work plan. What tasks will you work on
each year? What are the major milestones for your project on
the research side?
From SuzanneShontz,PhD;NSFCAREERAWARDWINNER– OREDSeminar,MississippiStateUniversity– ModifiedbyMichaelThompson,PhD
 Page 13-13.15: Miscellaneous topics as relevant (e.g.,
Human Subjects (IRB) if applicable (dissemination)
 Page 13.15-14.75 (1-2 pages): Integrated Research and
Educational Plan, Education and Outreach. Prior educational
accomplishments. Broader Impacts. Spend a lot of time
thinking about and writing this section to ensure
integration, research and education reciprocity, and
evaluation and communication
 Page 14.65-14.95: Long-term career plans, context in
department mission, current status and future outlook (for
this section find a place where it fits, works best, most
suitable for your proposal)
 Page 14.95-15: Results of Prior NSF Support. If applicable
 References – For research and education!
NSF CAREER General Proposal
Outline:

 National Research Council. (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning. Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L.,
Cocking, R.R., Editors. with additional material from the Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice. Donovan, M.S., Bransford, J.D., and Pellegrino, J.W., Editors.
 National Research Council. (2001). Adding it up: Helping children learn mathematics. Mathematics Learning Study Committee. Kilpatrick, J., Swafford, J., and Findell, B., Editors.
 National Research Council. (2001). Knowing what students know: The science and design of educational assessment. Committee on the Foundations of Assessment. Pellegrino,
J., Chudowsky, N., and Glaser, R., Editors
 National Research Council. (2002). Scientific research in education. Committee on Scientific Principles for Education Research. Shavelson, R.J., and Towne, L., Editors.
 National Research Council. (2007). Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science In Grades K-8. Duschl, R. A, Schweingruber, H. A, and Shouse, A. W., Editors.
 National Research Council. (2009). Learning in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits. Bell, P., Lewenstein, B., Shouse, A. W., and Feder, M. A., Editors.
 National Research Council. (2010). Surrounded by Science: Learning Science in Informal Environments. Fenichel, M. and Schweingruber, H.A., Editors.
 Broadening Participation in Graduate Education (2009) - http://www.cgsnet.org/broadening-participation-graduate-education-0
 National Lab Network - http://www.nationallabnetwork.org/
 Broadening Participation in Computer Sciences portal - http://www.bpcportal.org/
 A CAREER proposal must indicate the goals and objectives of the proposed education activities, how it will be integrated with the research component, and the criteria for assessing
how these goals will be met. Principal investigators are strongly encouraged to describe how the impact of the educational activities will be assessed or evaluated. A helpful
document for information on evaluating educational activities is the NSF publication The 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation (NSF 02-057).
Example references that can be used:

NSF CAREER Integrated Research and
Education Plan (IRP) Outline:
 A: Contextualize (summary statement and why important):
base it off of education literature
 B: Describe, Integrate (*with reciprocity*), and Activate:
for short-term, intermediate, long-term
 C: Evaluate: in terms of short-term, intermediate, and
long-term outcomes

NSF CAREER
Project
Summary
OVERVIEW:
(Two paragraphs)
INTELLECTUAL MERIT:
(One paragraph)
BROADER IMPACTS:
(One paragraph)
 Extent of proposed activities suggest and explore creative,
original, or potentially transformative concepts
 Plan – is it well-reasoned, well-organized, based on sound
rationale? Incorporate a mechanism to assess
success?
 How well qualified is the PI? (Very important for NSF
CAREER proposals.)
 Adequacy of resources available to PI to carry out activities?
Elements in Review Criteria (IM and BI)

First paragraph
 My long-term research goal is…
 In pursuit of this goal, the research objective of this CAREER
proposal is…
 The research approach is…
Second paragraph
 My long-term educational goal is…
 In pursuit of this goal, the educational objective of this CAREER
proposal is…
 The educational approach is…
Third and fourth paragraphs - use headings
 Intellectual Merit
 Broader Impact
Anything else will lower your rating
NSF CAREER
Summary
Page
From March2009NSFCAREERProposalWritingWorkshopGeorgeMason University

My research goal is… In pursuit of this goal, the research objective of
this CAREER proposal is to test the hypothesis that the propensity of a
tree to break is directly proportional to how many monkeys are in the
tree. The approach will be to take a sample of ten trees and load them
with monkeys until they break…
My educational goal is… In pursuit of this goal, the education objectives
of this CAREER proposal are… The approach to accomplishing these
objectives will be…
Intellectual Merit – It is important that we know how many monkeys can
climb a tree before it breaks because this affects our perceptions of
monkey procreation and… The Snerd Theory holds that tree size limits
monkey procreation. This study challenges that theory with the notion
that… If the objective hypothesis is correct therefore, it will
transform our approach to…
Broader Impact – Monkeys are used in medical research. By knowing how
many monkeys can fit in a tree, we will be able to provide more monkeys
for such research thereby advancing medical science more quickly and
improving the quality of life. Also, by watching the monkeys get hurt
when the tree breaks, graduate students will be less likely to climb
trees, thereby increasing their probability of graduating.
NSF CAREER
Summary
Template

An Example: There are Multiple ways to Write a BI
Project Summary and Narrative- However you write
them make it clear !!!
Use at least one of the nine (9)
NSF recommended broader
impacts and say how what you
are doing fits to support at
least one of these areas.
*ANOTHER IDEA*

What are your research and educational
objectives?
 This is what directs your proposal to the
appropriate program
What is your approach?
 Outline — just a few sentences
What is the specific research contribution you
will make to the knowledge base (the
intellectual merit)?
If successful, what will be the benefit to society
(the broader impact)?
What the Reviewers
Want to Know for
the NSF CAREER
Summary Page

 Identify a novel and compelling topic that builds on your research program.
 Ideally integrate broader impacts with the science.
 Build on existing education and outreach initiatives.
 Maintain clear organization of traditional NSF proposal, but shift weight to broader
impacts and broader context of your research program.
 Communicate with program officers, but realize pre-submission input may be limited.
 Ask for money necessary for research and broader impacts.
 Build partnerships (collaboration letters).
 Ask colleagues for examples and feedback.
From LaurenBuckley,PhD;AssociateProfessorBiology, 2016.Pre-TenureWorkshopUniversityofWashington
Suggestions when Developing and
Writing:

A well-stated objective leads one
directly to the approach that must
be taken to accomplish the
objective
The Research Objective:
This is probably the hardest part of the proposal….

Examples of what not to write:
 The objective of my research is to provide a
quantum leap in the design of anti-gravity
boots.
 The goal of this project is to develop an
integrated modeling tool for the hardening
process.
 The goal of this project is to develop
innovative advances to enhance wire sawing
processes.
 Rapid prototyping machines are an important
part of the vast array of tools. It is very
important that we improve these machines.
Rapid prototyping will form the backbone of
manufacturing in the future.
How to do it right:
 The research objective of this project is to
measure the cross-section of the muon-
nutrino interaction at 5 GeV accurate to 5%.
 The research objective of this proposal is to
test the hypothesis that physical
phenomena x,y,z dominate the chip
formation process in the machining of
brittle materials.
 The research goal of this project is to
account for uncertainty in engineering
design decision making through the
application of utility theory.
The Research Objective contd…

How to do it wrong (“actual” submissions):
 This project aims to advance the research in
predictive modeling for manufacturing process
optimization.
 The proposed study will significantly advance
the theory of random fields.
 This study will develop modeling and
simulation-based technologies for building
construction.
 New methods in robust optimization are
proposed for optimizing complex models under
uncertainty.
Four acceptable ways to do it right:
test the hypothesis H.
measure parameter P with accuracy A.
prove conjecture C.
apply method M from field Q to problem X
in field R.

Do not use words that mean “not research”
 Develop
 Design
 Optimize
 Control
 Manage
Use of words such as these gives the
reviewers the impression that you are not
doing research, there is no innovation,
nothing is new, etc. – your ratings will be
lower
Doing it right:
 Frame your research: “My research goal is…”
 Then: “As a step toward this goal, the research
objective(s) of this CAREER proposal is(are)...”
 Limit: 25 words or less
 Be specific about what you intend to find out
 Note - if you are specific, the research methodology
will follow directly
 Be sure your statement is comprehensible
 Put it up front - sentence one, paragraph one, page
one
 Do not give a weather report or state-of-the-union
address

Figuring Out How to
Integrate Your Research
and Education

Your Professional / BI identity,
outcomes, and how you plan
to evaluate them over time
should tell you how integrated
you are (in the context of
reciprocity)…

BI/Professional Identity
Broader Impacts Identity (BII) - Is who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world,
and the characteristics that define you based off of a process/es with stakeholders/people to achieve a societal benefit
in a finite amount of time that is measured. Everyone has a BI identity. (BICF Lexicon and SBT&P, 2014).
Identity Development is closely tied to Career Development which embodies crystallization, specification, and
implementation, (Kail and Cavanaugh, 2000), can be extrapolated to Graduate, Faculty, and etc., Development.
BI Identity Non-Academic definition: Is who you are and how you plan to engage and benefit others by leaving a legacy
through your research, teaching, occupation, and/or service.

The Components that Make up Your BI Identity
Based of the BroaderImpacts Conceptual Framework (BICF) and Societal Benefit Theory & Practice (SBT&P),2014
BI IDENTITY
2. Societally Centric Beneficial Engaged Outcomes (SCBEO)
3. Legacy in Addition to Your Field
1. Research and/or Teaching and/or Service

Fill in the Four Structures - Start with Outcomes:
BI IDENTITY:
Is who you are, the way you think about yourself, the way you are viewed by the world,
and the characteristics that define you based off of a process/es with stakeholders/people
to achieve a societal benefit in a finite amount of time that is measured. Everyone has a BI
identity.
Framework (BICF):
BI Identity Non-Academic definition: Is who you are and how you plan to engage and benefit others by leaving a legacy through your research, teaching, occupation, and/or service.
1
24 3

Evaluating & Integrating
Your IRP Handout
*Need Formative (immediate) and Summative (cumulative) Assessment

There Should be a Feedback Loop Between
Research and Education:
RESEARCH
EDUCATION
What is the vision for what your IntegratedResearch and Education Plan will have achievedin 5, 10, and 15 years?
The Integrated Education and Research Plan (IRP)
should be “Reciprocally Advantageous”

Feedback Loops Contd…
RESEARCH

Feedback Loops Contd…
RESEARCH
Reciprocity
Reciprocity

The Faculty Individual Identity
Strategic Assessment Profile
(FII-SAP) Example of How to Fill Out FII-SAP Starting on
Slide 57

BENEFITS…
7. *Allows one to change from a
multi-tasking framework to a
success and impact framework
1. Help map out a trajectory for
professional career
2. Help people/faculty find a way
to focus on what’s next
3. Provides a way for people to
develop who they are as
professionals
4. Provides a way for people to
communicate: to the public, who
they are, and what they do
5. Allows better strategic planning
for people, organizations, depts..
6. Lets others know how to help
and connect with you
The benefits increase across the continuum…
Faculty Example

Who are you?
 Your expertise/interests
 Your career/life goals
 Your position/resources
Your proposal should fit into your life plan -
(BI/Professional Identity)
A strategic plan has three parts:
 Where are you today?
 Where do you want to be in the future (5, 10, 20 years
from now)?
 How do you get from here to there?
Your Strategic Plan / Life Roadmap…
What is your life plan?
Do you need to develop a
strategic plan?
Your Professional/BI Identity more specifically
outlines this plan and can be used as a
mechanism to show others!!!

NSF CAREER
Development
Figure

Your Professional/BI Identity
helps map at Your Professional
Career Trajectory
Broader Impacts, its concept, and framework is not just some NSF thing, (many faculty think broader impacts
is just something NSF made up but it is founded on established conceptual and practical theory), it is way
more important than you think when it comes to making you a productive and successful faculty, well
beyond any proposal for NSF or any other agency.
What Most Faculty Don’t Know:

Translating the FII-SAP into the BI
Identity/Professional Identity
Canvas
Long-Term Outcomes to Impacts

Placing Your Current and Future
Activities and Engagement

1st Ask do they have?
2nd If and when they are talking to other
people what would you like to hear them
say about you?
A. Significant other
B. Kids
C. Friends
D. Family
E. Mentor/PI/Boss
3rd What excites you in general (is there
anyone or any entity you are excited about
working with)?
4th What excites you in your professional career?
5th What are you passionate about?
6th What is important to you about your culture?
More Questions that will allow one to get at
your BI Identity /Professional Identity
What are you using/doing?
What is driving you?
What level will you benefit others?

Another Tool for Writing Your
Professional/BI Identity and
Contextualizing Your BI for
other NSF proposals
Note: Remember that the broader impacts is an international
concept (the BI concept is not NSF specific), so it will be called
other things depending on the specific country and the specific
agency, foundation, or granting body.

(Step 1)
Describe Your Research in Two (2)
Sentences or Less (the shorter the
better), *note- this can also be used
for teaching and service:
Write Here -
(Step 2)
Answer The Questions Below:
Write Them Here and if Needed Use Other Agency
and/or Foundation BI Requirements -
(Step 3)
Describe in Two (2) Sentences or Less,
(the shorter the better), What Will be
Your Legacy in Addition To Your Field
and Highlight Up to What Level Will It
Reach "it should increase over time":
Write Here -
(Step 4)
Write Your BI identity (The 1
st
basic structure of BI) by
Combining Steps 1-3 in no
more than 5 short sentences:
Write Here -
(Step 5)
Proceed to BIR Logic
Model (The 4 out of 5
Basic Structures of
BI): Provides
Roadmap and What
Needs to be Assessed
(Use BIR evaluation
framework for
guidance) to Get You
There!!!
1. What are your strengths? University Community
2. What are you passionate about? Local Community
3. What does your research* lend itself to? State Community
4. What is your time, effort, and logistical constraints? Regional Community
National Community
Categories: Pick (Bold) 1-3 Items below After Considering the Above 4
Questions:
International Community
i. Full participation of women, persons with disabilities, and
underrepresented minorities in (STEM)
How Does All of This Fit Within Your Units BI
Identity?
ii. Improved STEM education and educator development at any level Outcomes (1-6 Years) Outcomes (6-10 Years) Beyond
iii. Increased public scientific literacy and public engagement with science
and technology
iv. Improved well-being of individuals in society Outputs (1-6 Years) Outputs (6-10 Years) Beyond
v. Development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce
What Are The Internal and External Assumptions
and Barriers Needed for Success? Best Practices?
vi. Increased partnerships between academia, industry, and others Activities (1-6 Years) Activities (6-10 Years) Beyond
vii. Improved national security
viii. Increased economic competitiveness of the United States Inputs (1-6 Years) Inputs (6-10 Years) Beyond
ix. Enhanced infrastructure for research and education
Developing BI Identity & High-Quality Broader Impacts for NSF Tool…
To Consider
Based of the BroaderImpacts Conceptual Framework (BICF) and Societal Benefit Theory & Practice (SBT&P),2014

1. Have documented evidence of your BI identity- i.e. posters, Twitter,
Facebook, your website, other peoples websites
2. Generate a timeline for the research and your BI
3. Outline meaningful communication and dissemination plan
Other Hints for Being Successful…

Have Documented
Evidence of Your
Broader
Impacts!!!
Other Examples: Websites, Posters, Blogs, Articles, Local
News, Get Featured on Facebook, and etc.,

4. Talk about short, or mid, and/or long term outcomes with a
guaranteed roadmap for success (always make sure you can
accomplish what you say you will do!!!!!)
5. You need to have BI pilot data like you need research pilot data!!!!
6. Remember that your Integrated Research and Education Plan (IRP)
should be different from the broader impacts section, (some
people make it one whole section but I don’t recommend it).
Hints for Being Successful…

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