Build confidence in your Broader Impacts work and help advance research’s impact on society.
Build your knowledge and skills of Broader Impacts (BI) through five online, self-paced courses designed by research impact experts. Explore the fundamentals of BI, creating effective BI plans, faculty development, partnerships, and evaluation. Earn a digital badge and certificate upon successful completion.
How You’ll Learn
Online and Self-Paced
Access the courses online and work through the content on your schedule.
Five Courses
Explore BI planning and strategies, faculty development, partnerships, and evaluation.
One Year to Complete
Set your own pace and complete all five courses within one year.
Who Should Enroll
If you are a dot-connector, networker, facilitator, research development professional, storyteller, researcher, or problem-solver – or any combination of these – you’ll benefit from earning the ARIS Broader Impacts Microcredential.
Internationally recognized research impact experts designed this microcredential to equip you with the tools to develop high-impact Broader Impacts (BI) plans.
This research impact certification is designed for professionals at all career stages. If you need to write or evaluate NSF Broader Impacts statements, demonstrate research impact, or looking to advance your career or if you are supporting researchers as they do these things – this microcredential is for you. The job titles of participants may include
- Research development professionals
- Researchers
- Graduate and postdoctoral students
- Funding proposal reviewer/evaluator
- Community engagement and outreach professionals
- Funders
How will my organization benefit?
- Increase funding competitiveness with stronger Broader Impacts sections in NSF proposals.
- Enhance institutional reputation as a leader in research impact and community outreach.
- Build in-house capacity for societal impact and community engagement expertise.
- Expand networks and partners by connecting with others within the ARIS community, including faculty and universities seeking Broader Impacts partners.
- Increase potential funding opportunities by positioning your organization as a collaborator in federal grants, foundation proposals, and multi-organization projects.
- Improve systems for measurement and reporting that prove societal benefit that ultimately increases renewals.
- Increase funding competitiveness with stronger Broader Impacts sections in NSF proposals.
- Enhance institutional reputation as a leader in research impact and community outreach.
- Build in-house capacity for societal impact and community engagement expertise.
Why Choose This Program?
Funders and partners want clear, actionable research plans that generate real-world benefits. With the ARIS Broader Impacts Microcredential, you’ll gain research impact training that helps you:
Learn from Research Impact Experts
Explore content developed by professionals with experience in Broader Impacts.
Connect Learning to Practice
Learn approaches to BI planning, faculty support, partnerships, and evalution that can inform your work.
Earn Recognition for Your Learning
Receive an ARIS Broader Impacts Microcredential digital badge and certificate upon successful completion.
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