Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Partnering with the CIRES Education and Outreach Group on Broader Impacts

Susan Buhr (1), Jessica Feld (1), Anne Gold (1), Emily Kellagher (1), Susan Lynds (1), Amanda Morton (1), David Oonk (1), Lesley Smith (1)

(1)CIRES

CIRES Education and Outreach group partners with CIRES and NOAA researchers on education components for research projects, known to funding agencies as “broader impacts”, or “integrating research and education”. A high-quality response to the broader impacts review criterion of NSF programs can make the difference in a competitive funding environment. CIRES EO staff work at no-cost to proposers to develop these components, with the proposed activities then implemented with funding through the successful grant request.
This poster details the process of working with CIRES EO during the proposal stage and outlines the capabilities CIRES EO can bring to your project. Examples from existing broader impacts and research/education integration projects are described, including examples from NSF, NASA and NOAA research projects. These examples include after-school programs, classroom kits, student-scientist programs, curriculum development, teacher professional development, videos, project evaluation and more. For more about CIRES EO projects and how to work with CIRES EO see http://cires.colorado.edu/education/outreach/ or contact Susan Buhr at susan.buhr@colorado.edu.