Center for Advancing the Societal Impacts of Research

该中心为推进研究的社会影响（CASIR）将推进更广泛的影响（BI）的严谨性，相关性和实践（a）培养和加强现有的和新兴的BI专家社区;（B）建设研究人员和教育工作者的能力，以加强和阐明他们的工作的更广泛的影响;以及（c）随着商业智能的不断发展和演变，创建能够适应利益相关者需求的社会技术基础设施。CASIR建立在国家更广泛影响联盟的基础工作之上，将推进将科学研究转化为公众理解的实践，并满足对创新BI培训和资源日益增长的需求。 该中心将开发资源，并提供专业发展，以不同的观众在多个机构类型和设置，包括研究密集型大学，少数民族服务机构，技术和社区学院，以及主要的本科院校在既定计划的管辖范围内，以刺激竞争力的研究。 CASIR将直接提高个人、部门、机构和国家各级的BI能力。将特别重视代表和服务传统上得不到充分服务的人口的研究人员和机构。 此外，CASIR将促进围绕循证方法的对话和合作，以增强，评估和记录研究影响。总的来说，这项工作将对推动发现的研究人员社区，提供BI支持和与研究人员合作的专业人员社区，以及公众，他们将从精心设计和执行的研究和教育项目中受益，以增强其更广泛的影响。对该中心的广泛支持增强了基金会目前的努力，即教育研究团体在审查过程中更广泛的影响标准的重要性，并传达基础科学和工程研究的社会效益。 CASIR对文件、证据和最佳实践的重视将支持一种证据建设方法，以投资于发现和创新。 该奖项由综合活动办公室（OIA）和以下部门共同资助：生物科学（BIO），计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE），教育和人力资源（EHR），工程（ENG），地球科学（GEO），数学和物理科学（MPS），以及社会，行为，该奖项反映了NSF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。

The Center for Advancing the Societal Impacts of Research (CASIR) will advance the rigor, relevance, and practice of broader impacts (BI) by (a) cultivating and strengthening the existent and emerging BI expert community; (b) building capacity of researchers and educators to enhance and articulate the broader impacts of their work; and (c) creating socio-technical infrastructure able to adapt to stakeholder needs as BI continues to grow and evolve. CASIR builds on the foundational work of the National Alliance for Broader Impacts and will advance the practice of translating scientific research for public understanding and meet the growing demand for innovative BI training and resources. The Center will develop resources and provide professional development to diverse audiences across multiple institution types and settings, including research-intensive universities, minority-serving institutions, technical and community colleges, and primarily undergraduate institutions in the jurisdictions of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. CASIR will directly enhance BI capacity at the individual, departmental, institutional, and national levels. Particular focus will be given to individual researchers and institutions representing and serving traditionally under-served populations. In addition, CASIR will facilitate dialogue and collaboration around evidence-based approaches to enhancing, evaluating, and documenting research impacts. Overall, the work will be valuable to the community of researchers driving discovery, the community of professionals who provide BI support and collaboration with researchers, and the public which stands to benefit from research and education projects that are well-designed and executed in a way that enhances their broader impacts.NSF-wide support for this Center augments the Foundation's current efforts to educate research communities about the importance of the broader impacts criterion in the review process and to communicate the societal benefits of fundamental science and engineering research. CASIR's emphasis on documentation, evidence, and best practices will support an evidence-building approach to investing in discovery and innovation. This award is co-funded by the Office of Integrative Activities (OIA) and the following Directorates: Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education and Human Resources (EHR), Engineering (ENG), Geosciences (GEO), Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE).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.