Implementation and Evaluation of the ARIS Broader Impacts Toolkit

本项目旨在实施和评估一个更广泛的影响工具包，旨在促进对制定有效的更广泛影响报告的机制的理解。研究人员将与10所大学合作，对由美国国家科学基金会资助的推进研究影响协会（ARIS）中心（OIA-1810732）开发的一套工具进行试点测试。将对ARIS工具包的不同用途进行个案研究。ARIS工具包包括a)更广泛的影响向导，b)更广泛的影响声明清单，c)有效的更广泛影响声明指导原则，以及d)更广泛的影响评估准则。本研究将探讨高等教育机构的地方实施、有用性和对更广泛影响发展的影响，包括建立计划以刺激竞争研究（EPSCoR）管辖范围内的机构。除了研究工具对研究人员阐明有意义的更广泛影响的能力的影响的智力价值之外，项目的更广泛影响应包括：1)跨机构和个人的更广泛影响的更大能力2)用户测试的ARIS工具包，用于有效开发和评估更广泛的影响声明，3)总结ARIS工具包研究的专门期刊。该项目涉及使用一套综合实践（如专业发展模型、在线可访问工具）来创建一个示范项目和资源，以帮助研究人员和大学管理人员更好地理解和处理“更广泛的影响”标准。大学合作伙伴将参与设计、实施和在同行中传播ARIS工具包，并分享这些工具的应用和调整方式，以解决更广泛的影响标准。将设计专业发展和培训材料，帮助具有更广泛影响力的专业人士和研究人员通过使用在线工具和示范培训计划，将他们的大学资源与社区联系起来。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is designed to implement and evaluate a broader impacts toolkit aimed at advancing the understanding of mechanisms to develop effective broader impacts statements. The investigators will partner with ten universities to pilot test a suite of tools developed by the NSF-funded Advancing Research Impact Society (ARIS) Center (OIA-1810732). Case study research will be conducted on different uses of the ARIS Toolkit. The ARIS Toolkit includes a) Broader Impacts Wizard, b) Broader Impacts Statement Checklist c) Guiding principles for Effective Broader Impacts statements, and d) Broader Impacts Evaluation Rubric. This research will explore local implementation, usefulness, and impact on Broader Impacts development within institutions of higher education, including institutions within Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions. In addition to the intellectual merit of research on the impact of tools on researchers' ability to articulate meaningful broader impacts, broader impacts of the project should include: 1) greater capacity for Broader Impacts across institutions and individuals 2) a user-tested ARIS Toolkit for effective development and evaluation of Broader Impact statements and 3) a dedicated journal issue summarizing ARIS Toolkit research.The project involves using an integrated suite of practices (e.g. professional development model, online accessible tools) to create a model program and resources that will help researchers and university administrators better understand and address the Broader Impacts criterion. University partners will participate in designing, implementing, and disseminating among their peers the ARIS Toolkit and share the ways in which these tools can be applied and adapted to address the Broader Impacts criterion. Professional development and training materials will be designed that help Broader Impact professionals and researchers connect their university resources to their communities through the use of online tools and a model training program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.