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Resources and Strategies for NSF Broader Impacts and Educational Design for Impacts

Office of Research Development

Kim Holloway, Vice Provost for Research Development Karen Drew, Director of Research Development Zac Perry, Research Development Officer Jenna Horan, Research Development Associate

May 6, 2020

Writing an NSF CAREER Summary: An Interactive Workshop

Thursday, May 28 11:30 am - 1:30pm This workshop will be held remotely, please register for details

Upcoming Workshop

• Awarded by every Directorate, in every area of research that NSF funds
• Lays a foundation for integrated teaching and research for the rest of the awardee’s career
• Minimum of $400,000 or $500,000 (BIO, ENG, OPP) per award for 5 years
• Maximum of 3 submissions
• Eligibility limited to tenure-track assistant professors

What is a CAREER?

Beginning with the FY20 solicitation (NSF 20-525), there will be ONE deadline for all programs July 27, 2020

This premier program emphasizes the importance the Foundation places on the early development of academic careers dedicated to stimulating the discovery process in which the excitement of research is enhanced by inspired teaching, enthusiastic learning, and disseminating new knowledge. Effective integration of research and education generates a synergy in which the process of discovery stimulates learning, and assures that the findings and methods of research and education are quickly and effectively communicated in a broader context and to a large audience. The CAREER program embodies NSF’s commitment to encourage faculty and academic institutions to value and support the integration of research and education. Successful Principal Investigators will propose creative, effective research and education plans, developed within the context of the mission, goals, and resources of their organizations while building a firm foundation for a lifetime of contributions to research, education, and their integration.

What is a CAREER?

Intellectual Merit: The Intellectual Merit criterion encompasses the potential to advance knowledge; Broader Impacts: The Broader Impacts criterion encompasses the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes. The following elements should be considered in the review for both criteria:

NSF Merit Review Criteria

• What is the potential for the proposed activity to

Advance knowledge and understanding within its own field or across different fields (Intellectual Merit); and Benefit society or advance desired societal outcomes (Broader Impacts)?

• To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative, original, or potentially

transformative concepts?

• Is the plan for carrying out the proposed activities well-reasoned, well-organized, and based on a

sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success?

• How well qualified is the individual, team, or organization to conduct the proposed activities?
• Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home organization or through

collaborations) to carry out the proposed activities?

Our Resources Panelists

Claire Duggan Director of Programs and Partnerships, Center for STEM Education Suzanne Horwitz Research and Data Analyst, CATLR Nicholas Wilson Associate Director, CATLR

Northeastern University Center for STEM Education

www.stem.neu.edu

Broader Impact Themes

• I. Advancing Discovery While Promoting

Teaching, Training and Learning

• II. Broaden Participation of

Underrepresented Groups

• III. Enhancing Research and Education

Infrastructure

• IV. Broadly Disseminating Results
• V. Benefits to Society

Perspectives from NSF

"The toughest challenge that [the NSF faces] right now is one that is faced by all research institutions that are funded by taxpayer dollars--relevance.“ (Vint Cerf/National Science Board) NSF (federal agencies need to stay relevant) entrusted by taxpayer Researchers need to be public advocates for science and engineering in formal and informal settings and for all audiences to ensure the public understand and are willing to support research efforts. France A. Cordova Broader Impact Summit

Five Guiding Questions (NABI)

• What is the potential for the proposed achievement of specific desired societal
• utcomes?
• To what extent do the proposed activities suggest and explore creative, original, or

potentially transformative concepts?

• Is the plan for carrying out the proposed activities well-reasoned, well organized, and

based on a sound rationale? Does the plan incorporate a mechanism to assess success?

• How well qualified is the individual, team, or institution to conduct the proposed

activities?

• Are there adequate resources available to the PI (either at the home institution or

through collaborations) to carry out the proposed activities?

• Is the budget allocated for Broader Impact activities sufficient to successfully

implement them? https://broaderimpacts.net/

How the Center for STEM supports BI Requirements

Brainstorming re possible educational outreach plans. Assist in providing references/information re recent reports and recommendations in STEM. Assist with the identification of partners in formal and informal educational institutions. Provide opportunities for collaboration with existing programs. Assist with implementation of your BI components. Provide opportunities for NU faculty and students to lead and participate in Broader Impact efforts. Provide STEM enrichment opportunities for K-12 students, especially those currently underrepresented in STEM fields. Provide opportunities for the general public, students, teachers and families to learn about the current and developing research at NU. https://stem.northeastern.edu/resources/faculty/ bi/

Resources @ Northeastern University

Tap into Northeastern University’s Young Scholars Program: host a team of high school students; you design the project and identify a graduate student that might provide direct mentoring and support, addressing BI efforts by supporting K12 in addition to providing training and support for graduate students to enhance their mentoring skills (where possible, provide stipend funding); the Center for STEM Education does the rest. Host a Northeastern University undergraduate student and/or a potential transfer student from a Community College for a summer REU experience. NSF often provides supplemental funding to PI’s for REU and RET experiences with active

• projects. The Center for STEM Education can

assist you with requests for supplemental funding. Participate as a speaker in one of the summer programs for high school students and/or undergraduates. Provide curriculum guidance and support for the STEM Field Trip series, offered most weeks during the academic year for elementary students from the Boston Public Schools. Encourage your students to volunteer for the STEM Field Trip series and/or other outreach efforts led by The Center for STEM such as the Citywide Science Fair and Engineering Expo.

Examples @ Northeastern University

Mansoor Amiji, Erin Cram, Eno Ebong, Sam Felton, Abigail Koppes, Marvin Onabajo, Sarah Ostadabbas, Jose Martinez-Lorenzo, Robert Platt, Aatmesh Shrivastava, Hao Sun, and Lu Wang (2019 Faculty and YSP students) hosted teams of high school students (Young Scholars) to engage in research for six-weeks each summer. Partner faculty and their graduate students present during the summer REU and YSP programs in addition to

• ffering workshops for the Building

Bridges program for High School students interested in pursuing a Science and/or Engineering major. Professors Andrew Myers and Kaushik

• R. Chowdhury provide funding and

support for additional STEM Field trips.

Affiliated Faculty and Students

https://stem.neu.edu/affiliations/faculty/

50+ Faculty directly engaged in STEM program offerings and/or affiliated grants (Broader Impact efforts) 50+ unique student volunteers support educational outreach efforts of the STEM Center.

• Students average 12 hours of service
• ver the course of the semester
• 1/5 volunteers provide 20+ hours over

the course of a semester.

• 99% STEM majors, most from CoE

@ STEM Field Trips/Callbacks @ Building Bridges @ Science Fair @ Engineers Week @ Summer Programs @ NSF (and other) grants www.stem.neu.edu

CATLR

Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research

Suzanne Horwitz, PhD s.horwitz@northeastern.edu Nicholas Wilson, EdD ni.wilson@northeastern.edu

Who We Are

• The Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR) is

a 21st-century teaching and learning center, supporting all Northeastern educators in creating transformative learning experiences.

• Our goals:
• Promote and engage in research focused on teaching and learning
• Promote educational principles and practices that value diversity and intentionally

foster inclusive learning environments.

• Advance a culture of iterative assessment that continuously strengthens teaching and

learning

Supporting Effective Education

Do your Broader Impacts include educational activities with Northeastern students or creating durable educational resources? We can offer insight into topics such as:

• Developing a new course on a cutting-edge topic
• Creating a module that can be integrated into other courses
• Developing interdisciplinary opportunities
• Assessing the effectiveness of educational initiatives
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Mentoring scholars
• Developing an educational blog, podcast, web archive, etc.
• Creating a “knowledge exchange” forum or platform

How we support educators

• Programming
• Workshops on a wide range of topics in teaching and learning
• Join an ongoing cohort of scholars, learn from the literature on teaching and learning,

and develop your own research

• Consultations
• Individual meetings on the topic of your choice, personalized support, and help

navigating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Collaborations
• Partnerships with CATLR learning scientists to examine the impact, role, and

interaction of teaching approaches and learning environment

How to reach us

• Website: https://learning.northeastern.edu/
• Consult request form: https://learning.northeastern.edu/contact/
• General Email: catlr@northeastern.edu

Our Faculty Panelists

Psyche Loui, Assistant Professor

Music

Director of MIND Lab (Music Imaging and Neural Dynamics), Music Technology

Matthew Eckelman, Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Research

Civil and Environmental Engineering Affiliated with Chemical Engineering, Marine and Environmental Sciences and SPPUA

Xiaoning “Sarah” Jin, Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Thank You!