Engaging with Community

Librarians can assist you with speaking to the requirements of your funding agency for a demonstration of the broader impacts of your work–i.e. your engagement with our larger community of stakeholders (scholars, practitioners and general public). See also our Research Impact guide to Broader Societal Impacts.

Speak to Requirements of Funding Agency – Public Access Compliance and Broader Impacts

• NSF Submission Essentials (summary provided by Ebling Library) ;  Broader Impacts
• NIH Public Access Essentials and Public Access Policy | FAQs | Manuscript Submission System
• USDA Public Access Essentials

Additional federal agency policies that have been developed in response to the memorandum (issued February 2013) from the Office of Science and Technology are summarized in an Ebling Library Public Access Service guide to Federal Agency Public Access Requirements.

Discover Preparation & Training Opportunities

• Broader Impacts, UW-Madison
  Provides consultation and resource support for planning, designing, and implementing BI programs.
• Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows Program, NSF, Portal to the Public
  Helps researchers and STEM professionals share science with the public, promoting appreciation and understanding of current science research. Program is supported, locally, by members of the Science Alliance.
• Delta Program–Courses, Events, Programs
  Provides professional development opportunities for faculty, staff and graduate students in STEM disciplines (and more) to translate instruction into outreach as part of its mission to advance effective teaching practices for diverse student audiences. (The Delta Program is a project of the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL)).
• Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence, Professional Development for Early Career Faculty
• Teaching and Learning Research Guide for STEM & SBE
  Portal to selected resources for finding research about teaching and learning within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and SBE (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) disciplines.
• Journal of STEM Outreach, New, open-access, peer-reviewed journal connecting research with applied programming in STEM education and outreach.

Communicate Your Work through Campus and Community Media Channels

• Badger Talks, UW-Madison
• Blue Sky Science (Morgridge Institute for Research and Wisconsin State Journal)
• Experts Guide, University Communications
• Inside UW-Madison (employee e-newsletter)
• UWMadScience, University Communications

Translate your Research into a Public Outreach Experience (Alumni, K-12, General Public)

• Alumni (and Community) Learning Programs, UW-Madison
  Includes: Global Hot Spot Series, Made in Wisconsin, UW Showcase Series, Grandparents University, Wednesday Nite @ the Lab
• Discovery Outreach Programs, Morgridge Institute for Research
  Includes: Afterschool Expeditions, Crossroads of Ideas, Saturday Science, Science Cafes, Wisconsin Science Festival
• Other
  • Field Day Lab (“Build innovative apps & games to help people explore your work!”)
  • Nerd Nite, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Science on Tap, Minocqua, Wisconsin

Network with Campus and Community Partners

• Morgridge Center for Public Service Connects students and faculty to local and global communities, building partnerships to solve critical issues through service and learning.
  • Opportunities for Engagement with Communities (“Engaged Scholarship”)
  • Engaged Scholarship Roundtable
  • Wisconsin Idea Exchange
• Citizen Science
  Library research guide to the research and practice of citizen science–with links locally to projects and opportunities through which to recruit volunteers.
• Discovery to Product, UW-Madison, WARF
  Facilitates collaboration and entrepreneurship–moving innovation/technology to market.

Document Your Impact

• UW-Madison Libraries Measuring & Maximizing Impact Services

PUBLISHING & MEASURING IMPACT <– previous step | next step –> PRESERVING AND SHARING