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What can COSEE NOW do to helpyou achieve broader impacts with
your research?
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Talk Outline
Intro to BroaderImpacts
COSEE: Who we areand how can we help
How to fulfill CriterionII?
Examples
What is Criterion II or Broader Impacts?
Since 1997, NSF
attempted to diversifyand enrich science
research and
education in the USA
through the BroaderImpacts Criterion(BIC), also known asCriterion Two or the
Second Criterion
BI Criterion
Advance discovery and understanding
Broaden the participation of
underrepresented groups
Enhance the infrastructure for
research and education
Disseminated broadly
Benefit society
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Education & Public Outreach are not theonly options for Criterion II:
technology transfer
science policy
developing
instrumentation that willbenefit your research
community
broadening participation
in STEM fields establishing user facilities
The Importance of Broader Impacts
The 30,000 foot view:
Improve public decision making
Enhance the capability of future
generations to develop and use
new scientific information and
technology
Addressing future workforceissues, including recruiting &
retaining higher level graduate
students
The Importance of Broader Impacts
On the ground:
Agencies require Criterion II
Give you an edge andimprove funding potential
Convince the people that
your project is worth the
investment(Proxmires Golden Fleece Awards)
Scientists Concerns about Criterion II
It is unclear what is required
It will take too much time & money
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Centers for Ocean SciencesEducation Excellence (COSEE)
Mission: To spark and nurture collaborations among research scientists andeducators to advance ocean discovery and make known the vital role of the
ocean in our lives.
COSEECOSEE -- Networked Ocean World (NOW)Networked Ocean World (NOW)
Lead Institutions Rutgers WHOI Liberty Science Center VIMS University of South Florida Monterey Peninsula College Word Craft and a Global Distributed Group
of Partner Scientists
COSEENOW is focused on: assessing the knowledge & needs of
Ocean Observing Systems (OOS)
audiences improve collaboration & coordination
between scientists and educators increase public awareness of OOS in
order to improve societys oceanliteracy
Scientists
Educators
COSEENOW.netLeveraging & Partnerships
Find a science educator/professional to advise and help
execute your project.
Effective partnerships result when
ideas are shared, each partnersexpertise is respected, and bothscientist and educator work toward
the common goal of delivering high-quality products and services to theintended audience.
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InterdisciplinaryTeam
Education specialist with abackground in biological
oceanography
Data visualization andtechnology specialist with a
background in physicaloceanography
GPO alum working onscience content and
curriculum design
What can we cook
up for you?
Logic Models COSEE NOW Support with NSF Criterion II
Our recommendations for success:
1. Open with core objective (who and why)
2. Link to major educational player/partner
already involved in your aforementioned
who and why
3. Relate to educational literature how are
you contributing to education needs of
your target audience?
4. Close with evaluation plan how will you
know you are successful.
5. Please have a budget for your proposed
work.
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1. Open with Core Objective: Who isinvolved and Why
Ocean literacy is an
understanding ofthe oceansinfluence on youand your influence
on the ocean.
An ocean-literate person can communicate
about the oceans in a meaningful way
is able to make informed and responsible
decisions regarding the oceans and its resources.
Essential Principles
1. Earth has one big ocean with many
features.2. The ocean and life in the ocean
shape the features of Earth.
3. The ocean is a major influence onweather and climate.
4. The ocean makes Earth habitable.5. The ocean supports a great
diversity of life and ecosystems.
6. The ocean and humans areinextricably linked.
7. The ocean is largely unexplored.
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Additional Collaboration Tools
Collaborative Editing (Wikis)
Virtual Meetings
Project Management
3. Relate to educational literature 4. Close with evaluation plan howwill you know you are successful?
Choose BI
Plan BI Project(incl.
Evaluation)Do BI Project
Design/DevelopBI Project
Front-endEval
SummativeEval
FormativeEval
FormativeEval
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5. Have a budget for your proposed work.Dont reinvent the wheel -- leverage existing
infrastructure and relationships
Mentor a student for ascience fair project.
Host an educator orstudent in your lab, on a
cruise, or in the field. Serve on an EPO-oriented advisory orreview panel.
Be a scientist-in-residence at a school,science center, museum,or aquarium
Serving as a science specialistConnect with National Education Programs
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Work with programs that broaden
participation of underrepresented groupsPublic Lectures at Liberty Science Center
MARE: Marine Activities, Resources & Education Professional Development/Webinars
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Develop an EPO product.
Be a content expert ona curriculum-development team.
Create visualizationstailored for classroomor educational programuse.
Podcasts
Website
Resources
Get
published in
a differenttype of
journal
Journals and Popular Media
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We have friends who can also help:COSEE NOW (Networked Ocean World)
Questions?
Thank you!
Why did NSF institute the broaderimpactsmerit review requirement?
The Broader Impacts Cosmo Quiz by DiandraL. Lesli e-Pelecky
a) To make researchers lives more difficult.b) To help the NSF justify to Congress how their money isused.
c) To make researchers aware that they have responsibilitiesbeyond producing Science and Nature papers.
d) To provide a fast , easy, check-off list that will streamlineproposal review.e) Broader Impacts are important to the overall survival of
the research enterprise
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What is Evaluation?
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