Workshop: Setting a Broader Impact Innovation Roadmap; Arlington, Virginia; May 2016

自1997年以来，国家科学基金会(NSF)要求所有提交的资金申请都必须明确考虑两个审查标准：学术价值和更广泛的影响。如果国家科学基金会要实现其使命，“促进国家健康、繁荣和福利；确保国防安全；以及用于其他目的”，在学术价值和更广泛的影响方面的进步都是至关重要的。在制定和审查项目时，这两个标准往往是分开考虑的。为理解这两项标准的各个层面及其潜在的协同作用而建立的概念框架可能会导致具有更大社会价值的项目。该研讨会汇集了土木工程、机械和工业工程学术研究社区的思想领袖，为更广泛的影响创新定义了路线图。参与者是学术研究领导者，他们在更广泛的影响活动中展示了创新--通过他们的研究创造了可衡量的经济、人力资本和社会价值。一份公开的研讨会报告将定义创新的方法，以增强NSF资助的研究的更广泛影响。研讨会参与者随后发表的演讲和出版物将向社会广泛传播这些想法。

Since 1997, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has required that all proposals submitted for funding explicitly address two review criteria: intellectual merit and broader impacts. Advances in both intellectual merit and broader impacts are essential if NSF is to achieve its mission "to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes." The two criteria are often considered separately in developing and reviewing projects. A conceptual framework for understanding the various dimensions of the two criteria and their potential synergy may lead to projects with greater societal value. This workshop brings together thought-leaders from the Civil, Mechanical, and Industrial Engineering academic research communities to define a roadmap for broader Impact innovations. Participants are academic researcher leaders who have demonstrated innovation in broader impact activities -- creating measurable economic, human capital, and societal value through their research. A publicly available workshop report will define innovative approaches to enhancing the broader impact from NSF-funded research. Subsequent presentations and publications by workshop participants will make these ideas widely available to the community.