Funding for the Broader Impacts Resource Guide
is provided by Mizzou Advantage:
Mizzou Advantage fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among
faculty, staff, students and external partners to address and solve
real-world needs and problems in four areas of strength identified
at the University of Missouri:
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Food for the Future: The culture, economics and production of
healthy, affordable food
Media of the Future: New ways to communicate, educate and
market
One Health/One Medicine: The convergence of animal and
human health
Sustainable Energy: Developing and distributing renewable
energy sources
With a wide array of expertise and resources all located on
the same campus, MU does things no other university can. By
focusing on real-world problems, our collaborative networks
secure external funding, recruit top students, attract prominent
scholars and scientists, create jobs, and improve quality of life.
An educational component within each of the four areas
develops and nurtures student-driven programs and gives
University of Missouri students a competitive edge in today’s global
marketplace.
The MU Broader Impacts Network
All NSF proposals are evaluated on their intellectual merit and their
broader impacts. The MU Broader Impacts Network (BIN) was created
in 2012 to provide support for researchers with their broader impacts.
Our goal is to connect MU’s world-class researchers with our
outstanding campus resources to design, create, and implement unique
and creative broader impacts plans. The BIN offers consulting services
and training for all researchers in the area of broader impacts and
evaluation. The BIN is funded by the Office of the Provost, The Vice
Chancellor for Research, Mizzou Advantage, and the National Science
Foundation.
For more information on the BIN and it services or to add your
organization to our list of resources, contact:
Dr. Susan Renoe, Director
202 Jesse Hall * 882-2270 * @Mizzou_BI
www.broaderimpacts.missouri.edu
Mizzou Astronomy
Program Contact: Dr. Angela Speck
E-mail Address: astrophysics@missouri.edu
In the last decade, Astronomy has had resurgence at MU. We
have academic programs in the form of a minor and an emphasis;
we have a student org: student astronomy society, SAS; we have
strong research programs, especially in Stardust; and we have an
exciting outreach program centered on the Laws Observatory on
the roof of the Physics Building. Astronomy brings together
science, art and humanities and allows us to engage people at all
ages/levels.
Center for the Integration of Research,
Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)
Program Contact: Dr. Angela Speck
E-mail Address: cirtl@missouri.edu
MU is now one of the Centers for the Integration of Research,
Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) which comprises a network of 23
Research-1 universities. CIRTL aims to improve STEM education
by improving STEM graduate student preparedness for the
professoriate. In essence, the aim is to provide opportunities to
learn everything faculty members need to be able to do that is
not research. We will engage STEM graduate students in
innovative teaching and outreach practices and development as
well as public policy initiatives. Furthermore, by engaging STEM
graduate students in education research they will learn how to
assess their own education innovations and outreach initiative.
Moreover, there is a strong evidence that the synergy between
research, teaching and learning means that merely developing
ones teaching skills improves ones research and vice versa. MUCIRTL provides both opportunities on campus at MU and online
via the CIRTL network to help STEM graduate students to
develop many skills they will use beyond their graduate degrees.
These skills are transferrable and are thus also relevant even for
students who do not wish to remain in academia.
Chemistry Immersion Program (CHIP)
Program Contact: Dr. Renee D. JiJi
E-mail Address: jijir@missouri.edu
The Chemistry Immersion Program (CHIP) is a multifaceted
organization striving to increase K-12 students exposure to
chemistry, biochemistry, scientific technology and spectroscopy.
We offer outreach programs including camps for rising and
graduating seniors, after school activities for elementary students
and professional development opportunities for teachers.
ExCEED - Extension Community Economic and
Entrepreneurial Development
Program Contact: Sharon Gulick
E-mail Address: GulickS@missouri.edu
ExCEED is a multidisciplinary program that works across
University of Missouri Extension and the broader University
system to link Extension faculty, campus faculty and researchers
with communities to help create sustainable regional economies.
Focus areas include community and economic development
planning, entrepreneurship, economic development and
community development.
MU Extension
Program Contact: Dr. Dave Baker, Assistant Dean & Program
Director, Ag & Natural Resource Extension, CAFNR & MU
Extension
E-mail Address: BakerD@missouri.edu
University of Missouri Extension is in a unique position to provide
investigators with the opportunities to develop and conduct
research and partner on educational programming that will result
in the advancement of knowledge and the desired societal
benefits with measureable outcomes. MU Extension, through its
campus and field faculty provides research-based knowledge and
information from all the campuses of the University of Missouri
System to the people, businesses, and organizations across
Missouri. Off campus, MU Extension is a network of 114 Missouri
county partners with a long-established relationship with
Missouri’s local communities. Regional Extension faculty
members are embedded in local communities across the state
and partner with campus-based faculty to address a wide range
of issues in the areas of agriculture, business and community
development, human environmental sciences, youth
development, and continuing education. In addition, MU
Extension is a part of the national land-grant university and
cooperative extension system. This national network of
Extension programs enriches the knowledge base and generates
innovative, collaborative educational resources and strategies.
MU Extension Community Arts Project
Program Contact: Dr. Lee Ann Woolery
E-mail Address:wooleryl@missouri.edu
The MU Extension Community Arts Project engages campus
faculty and students with Extension in rural communities in
Missouri. Working collaboratively, utilizing the arts, together we
build community and create economic opportunity. "The arts give
understanding to complexity." Additionally, Dr. Woolery is a
member of the SciComm Network at MU and has presented
workshops on The visual image: A language to communicate
science.
Grant Writer Network
Program Contact: Dr. Heather Brown
E-mail Address: brownheathe@missouri.edu
The MU Grant Writer Network includes professional grant writing
consultants in the OGWP and in various divisions and academic
units across campus. The Network meets weekly to share
resources, information and talent; support each others' individual
professional development; brainstorm solutions to problems;
forge interdisciplinary collaborations; and generally advance the
extramural funding agenda at MU. Together, the Network
encompasses a broad range of educational backgrounds,
technical expertise and agency-specific knowledge that members
can tap to improve the quality of grant writing activities in their
home divisions or units. Network members also are instrumental
in developing and coordinating the following professional
development activities for grant-seeking faculty members and
grants personnel.
Health Communication Research Center
Program Contact: Natalie Hampton
E-mail Address: hamptonn@missouri.edu
Health Communication Research Center
As major funders focus more attention on the depth and novelty
of broader impact statements, researchers are scrambling to
make sure that their proposals stand out from the crowd.
We can help.
The Health Communication Research Center (HCRC), based at
the Missouri School of Journalism, has ten years of experience
using evidence-based communication strategies to help increase
public awareness and build stronger communities.
Communication
You make sacrifices for your research. In many cases, it’s your life
work. At the HCRC, we want to make sure the world knows. Our
combination of public health and journalism expertise uniquely
qualifies us to help bridge the gap between your research and the
public. Sometimes seen as an obstacle to accurate dissemination
of scientific research, media and journalists do not have to be; we
can translate! Speaking the language of the general public, while
preserving the integrity of your data is key. We specialize in
distilling information and presenting it in a plain language and
visually appealing format. Here are a few examples of our work:
• SciXchange – We lead the journalism component of this
program that takes undergrad journalism students and pairs
them with undergrad science students in a lab setting. The
students work as teams to translate and disseminate information
about research occurring in labs.
• Skip the Salt Help the Heart – In partnership with the
Department of Health and Senior Services we researched,
developed and implemented a campaign to help reduce sodium
intake in an urban, underserved, African American community.
As part of the community-building piece HCRC worked with local
corner stores to help increase access to healthier foods.
• Ozioma - We partnered with the American Cancer Society, the
Health Communication Research Laboratory, and community
partners to study dissemination of tailored cancer prevention
stories through African American newspapers.
Research
Like you, we pride ourselves on our research. By researching the
target audience, we learn which channels or methods will help us
reach them. We test messages to ensure they resonate with the
population you wish to reach, ensuring your message gets
through loud and clear.
Community
We can leverage our experience working with underserved and
minority populations to show funders your commitment to
impacting the community. In our project selection, we give top
priority to community-based participatory research that will help
to reduce health disparities by learning from the community
members themselves. This has given us the opportunity to serve
a number of low-income and minority communities across
Missouri and the United States. Taking a hands-on approach, we
believe that staying relevant and useful to the communities we
serve means spending time in the field, working directly with
community members to build stronger communities.
Contact us!
We welcome the opportunity to sit down with you and hear more
about your research. Please contact us to schedule an
appointment.
Immersive Visualization Lab (iLab)
Program Contact: Dr. Bimal Balakrishnan
E-mail Address: balakrishnanb@missouri.edu
The iLab, housed in the Architectural Studies Department has
capabilities for immersive, interactive 3D visualization.
http://arch.missouri.edu/ilab/index.html
MU Libraries
Program Contact: Kate Anderson
E-mail Address: andersonkat@missouri.edu
MU Libraries is Your Connection to Knowledge. We support
research, teaching, service, and economic development across
campus. Ask us about scholarly communication; Open Access;
ORCID; NSF Data Management Plans; and more!
Office of Access Initiatives
Program Contact: Susan Klusmeier
E-mail Address: klusmeiers@missouri.edu
As part of MU’s commitment to provide all Missourians the
benefits of a world-class research university, the Office of Access
Initiatives helps bring MU opportunities and resources to
students, families, and education professionals in the K-12 arena.
Access Initiatives coordinates the University’s statewide college
access strategy with an emphasis on increasing the college
readiness and college-going culture around the state.
Office of Science Outreach
Program Contact: Dr. Deanna Lankford
E-mail Address: lankfordd@missouri.edu
The Broader Impact (BI) section of your grant proposal is
becoming increasingly important. Proposing outreach activities
which have intellectual merit and clearly demonstrate effective
education outreach is a necessity for a successful grant proposal.
The mission of the OSO is to advance the understanding of
science, technology, and scientific research among K-12 students
and teachers as well as to enhance undergraduate and graduate
students’ understanding of science education and outreach. The
OSO is continually designing and implementing programs which
emphasize scientific literacy and support understanding of
applications for science and technology appropriate for all levels
of education. Moreover, we look forward to working with you to
create evaluation methods necessary to examine the success of
your broader impact program and ultimately use that feedback to
enhance the program and create a more vibrant scientific and
social community for our undergraduate students, graduate
students, and visiting scholars.
Office of Undergraduate Research
Program Contact: Dr. Linda Blockus
E-mail Address: blockusl@missouri.edu
The Office of Undergraduate Research was established to:
 Facilitate collaboration among existing undergraduate
research programs;
 Promote undergraduate research to internal and external
audiences;
 Encourage new initiatives to create and enhance
undergraduate research opportunities.
Unlike most classroom experiences, undergraduate research
programs at Mizzou allow students to explore the unknown
through hands-on work with faculty mentors.
The Office of Undergraduate Research organizes the MU
Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum each
spring and summer. All Mizzou students who have conducted
independent research, and who have a faculty
sponsor/recommendation, may participate. Students present
their research in various formats including oral presentations,
poster sessions, performances, scholarly and creative work, and
art displays.
ORCID iD Implementation
Program Contact: Diane Oerly
E-mail Address: OerlyD@missouri.edu
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor) ID is a relatively new
international effort to provide author and contributor
disambiguation across many databases and tools. Publishers and
funding agencies may ask for ORCID from authors and
researchers sending submissions and request. It can also be used
with grants and data sets, and recorded in student and staff
institutional records.
MU Libraries, the Division of IT are partnering with other
organizations on campus to help researchers secure and use their
unique ORCID ID. Stop by and spend a few seconds to get your
ORCID ID and learn about the many benefits you will gain.
Project LIFTOFF
Program Contact: Jeff Buehler
E-mail Address: buehlerj@missouri.edu
Project LIFTOFF engineers systems to support informal science
education.
With its home in University of Missouri-Extension, LIFTOFF is
powered by private foundations (Noyce and Mott) and a variety
of National Science Foundation grants (ISE, REESE, and AISL).
In partnership with the Missouri AfterSchool Network and the
MO Department of Elementary and Secondary Education,
LIFTOFF has developed an infrastructure to reach over 100 outof-school time youth programs and provides ongoing
coordination of informal science partnerships.
MU SCAPE (Science Communication and
Public Engagement)
Program Contact: Michael Eagleburger
E-mail Address: mkezq3@mail.missouri.edu
MU SCAPE is a graduate organization whose sole endeavor is to
generate interest in improving the abilities of students to convey
their scientific projects, discoveries and concepts to a wide
variety of audiences, including the general public. In the past the
group has run several workshops and lectures geared towards
introducing students to methods or ideologies (storytelling,
performance, and salesmanship) commonly used to help people
communicate. The group has also developed projects to increase
graduate students' communications abilities through the
combination of art and science.
ShowMe Nature GK-12
Program Contact: Dr. Nicole Miller-Struttmann
E-mail Address: nmillstrutt@gmail.com
ShowMe Nature is an NSF funded GK-12 program designed to
bring scientific research into elementary school classrooms while
enhancing graduate student teaching, communication, and
leadership. In collaboration with Columbia Access Television
(CAT), fellows develop interactive broadcasts that introduce 4th
and/or 5th grade students to a component of their research that
is not normally accessible to the public. By putting the students in
the driver’s seat, mini-grant projects “flip” the elementary school
classroom and produce communities of practice. During Science
Safari days, students come to the University to experience a dayin-the-life of a scientist, meet with a diverse group of faculty and
graduate student scientists, and engage in the practice of
science.
Video Services Academic Support Center (ASC)
Program Contact: Sue Hollingsworth
E-mail Address: hollingsworths@missouri.edu
ASC's team of media communication professionals will
demonstrate ways in which MU researches can communicate
their work in visually exciting, unique and unequivocal ways.
Through the use of creativity and technology, we can partner
with researchers to help them advance their scientific knowledge.