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U495S·SUNDAY WORKSHOP: Improving Broader Impacts (BI) for NSF Grants and Beyond: A Checklist for Designing Successful Impact
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Sun. June 23, 2024 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM
D138, Oregon Convention Center
Session Description

Free ticketed event
The GEDC Diversity Award-winning K-12 STEM Center and ASEE Hall of Fame inductee, at the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, is committed to providing equitable, culturally responsive opportunities for youth, families, and schools in STEM.

The Center supports faculty with the Broader Impacts (BI) of their NSF grants and has helped 25 USC faculty members win their CAREER awards. In assisting faculty with this work, we have noticed trends that make for more successful proposals. We developed a resource meant as a stepwise approach that takes the form of a checklist and includes guiding questions for faculty to optimize their BI. The research-based checklist highlights and builds upon multiple, published BI frameworks.

The Center’s team that coaches faculty on their BI will share noted challenges with BI statements the team has reviewed, and invite participants to contribute their own challenges. This active and practical workshop will include an opportunity for participants to recognize and remediate deficit language, practice utilizing the provided checklist to improve a sample BI statement, and create a plan for improving their next BI statement using the provided guide and prompts.

This workshop is intended for anyone interested in submitting a grant proposal, particularly one that includes a BI component with a K-12 population. Current and prospective NSF reviewers may also find the session beneficial.

Speakers
  1. Dr. Katherine Guevara

    Assistant Director of the Center responsible for guiding USC faculty to optimize their STEM Broader Impacts (BI) for NSF, the Center's AI Initiative, accessibile web design, and events including CS Ed Week and Robotics Open House. Katherine has taught at USC since 2009 and coached thousands of faculty from every discipline and rank in best practices for their educational research, course design, and teaching. She is passionate about education policy and access, advocates for digital equity, and supports the inclusion of yoga and mindfulness practices in STEM.

  2. Monica Lopez
    USC Viterbi School of Engineering

    Assistant Director of the Center who assists USC faculty to support their STEM Broader Impacts. Monica is also responsible for the SHINE and REACH Programs for high school students to gain research experience and work in faculty labs during summer. She pledges to utilize an equity lens to inform all decision-making, program implementation, and procedures.