Evaluation - Best Practices for Broader Impacts

This course aims to provide participants with strategies for proposing, implementing, and reviewing broader impact activities in federally-funded research projects. Participants will learn about the importance of broader impacts, the lack of shared understanding in this area, and the best practices for developing, implementing, and assessing broader impacts. The course covers topics such as merit review criteria, explicit broader impacts, collaboration, feasibility, metrics, and guidance from program directors. The intended audience for this course includes scientific researchers seeking to enhance the societal relevance and impact of their work, as well as reviewers looking to improve their evaluation of broader impact activities in research proposals.