Expanding Diversity As A Broader Impact of Your Research

Friday, October 30, 2015: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Chesapeake 1 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)
Chairs:
Jory Weintraub, PhD, Assistant Director, Education and Outreach, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) and Jane Horwitz, PhD, Director of SAS Science Outreach Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
Presenters:
Jory Weintraub, PhD, Assistant Director, Education and Outreach, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) and Jane Horwitz, PhD, Director of SAS Science Outreach Initiative, University of Pennsylvania

Description: All NSF proposals must include discussion of the “broader impacts” (BI) of the proposed work.  This session will explore ways that generating/expanding diversity can be considered a broader impact of your research, and introduce participants to the “National Alliance for Broader Impacts”, a new organization to support BI efforts nationwide.