The Future of the BI
Infrastructure Community
Broader Impacts Community Timeline
April 24-26, 2013
• 1st Broader Impacts
Infrastructure Summit
hosted by MU.
• Funded by internal grant
from Mizzou Advantage
and a small reg fee.
• Participants subscribed
to National BI Listserv
September 1, 2013
NSF awards MU a planning
grant to plan national BI
network & submit a
Research Collaboration
Network (RCN) proposal
to fund the network.
October 22-23, 2013
RCN proposal
preparation workshop
hosted at Northwestern
Broader Impacts Community Timeline
November 15, 2013
RCN proposal submitted.
Principal Investigator
• Susan Renoe, Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators
• Jane Horwitz, Penn
• Kemi Jona, Northwestern
• Kevin Niemi, Wisconsin
• Diane Rover, Iowa State
Key Personnel
• Megan Heitmann, Iowa State
• Amy Pratt, Northwestern
• Kaye Storm, Stanford
March 7, 2014
NSF EPSCoR Workshop
proposal awarded to
provide funding for 2014
BI Infrastructure Summit.
Principal Investigator
• Susan Renoe, Missouri
Co-Principal Investigator
• Diane Rover, Iowa State
April 16-18, 2014
The second BI
Infrastructure Summit
held in Arlington, VA
Presenting BIONIC
Funded by NSF RCN award
Broader Impacts & Outreach Network for
Institutional Collaboration
Disclaimer
• These plans represent a snapshot of items the
proposal team thought were important in
building a national BI network 6 months ago.
• We welcome any & all ideas for the future of
this community & ask for your expertise &
resources to share.
• The goal is that by the end of the 5-year RCN
award, BIONIC will become a self-sustaining
membership organization.
BIONIC Objectives
1. Identify and curate promising models, practices, &
evaluation methods for the BI community
2. Expand engagement in and support the development of
high-quality BI activities by educating current & future
faculty and researchers on effective BI practices
3. Develop the human resources necessary for sustained
growth & increased diversity of the BI community
4. Promote cross-institutional collaboration on &
dissemination of BI programs, practices, models,
materials, and resources
BIONIC Plan to Support Information &
Material Sharing
• Products (Horwitz):
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Annual State of the BI Field Report
BI Evaluation Resources
BI Handbooks
E-Newsletter
• Potential Topics:
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NSF BI Review Criterion & Requirements
Getting a BI Office Established
Getting Started with BI in Research
Models for BI Infrastructure & Support
BI Documentation
BI Evaluation
BI Scholarship
BIONIC Plan to Support Information &
Material Sharing
• Cyberinfrastructure (Jona & Pratt):
– Website (www.broaderimpacts.net)
– Databases: BI Professionals & Offices
– Open-access Repository
– Community Calendar
• Event Planning (Niemi and Heitmann)
– Annual Meeting
– Site Visits
• Mentoring & Training (Rover)
How Do I Join BIONIC?
• Join the listserv:
• Send a new email to
listserv@po.missouri.edu with a blank subject
line. Delete EVERYTHING from your email
except for Subscribe
BROADERIMPACTSSUMMIT-L (make sure you
take out your signature line as well!)
• More information is coming soon!
• Talk to Kaye Storm
BIONIC: Next Steps
• What would you like BIONIC to do for you?
• What does success for BIONIC look like in 3-5
years? (yellow)
• How can you contribute to the growth and
success of BIONIC?