The following timeline highlights some of the activities the Wisconsin BID project’s partnership identified as being most pivotal in the process of building their partnership with the other two teams.
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January 2017
Campus community training in BI
Theme 4
1st generation of Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows program, this initial implementation of the Portal to the Public at UW-Madison to support public engagement.
May 2017
Faculty training in BI
Theme 4
NSF Career program workshop is an annual workshop for faculty anticipating submitting a CAREER proposal to NSF. The 3-4 hour workshop gives an overview of NSF and the BI criterion. Activities include preliminary visioning of BI plans, budgets, and partnering opportunities.
Follow up with individual consultations are the normal outcomes of the workshop.
October 2017
Graduate student training in BI
Theme 4
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program workshop is an annual workshop for graduate students anticipating submitting a GRFP proposal to NSF. The 3-4 hour workshop gives an overview of NSF and the BI criterion. Activities include preliminary visioning of BI plans, budgets, and partnering opportunities.
Follow up with individual consultations are the normal outcomes of the workshop.
December 2017 - 2020
Campus community training in BI
Theme 4
Deep revisions and alignment of Impact Identity for the Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows program, this program is a local UW-Madison version of the Portal to the Public program with workshops, development of an interactive exploration station, and participation in 3 outreach events.
Cohorts of about 15 are organized every 3-4 months.
February 2018
Information sharing with central campus Administration
Theme 4
Theme 5
Sharing about BID resources, events, and support for PIs.
Informing campus leadership in Office for Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education of BID grant.
The OVCRGE had oversight with both CAREER and GRFP workshops.
February 2018 - Fall 2018
Website Development
Website development, broaderimpacts.wisc.edu, is a resource-focused website for campus researchers on Broader Impact.
Sections include Understanding Broader Impacts, Broader Impacts Planning Step By Step, Partners and Programs for Broader Impacts, Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows, Contact & About, and Latest BI News
April 2018
Share BID Initiative with campus front line outreach community members
Theme 4
Theme 5
Networking on campus with groups such as our Science Alliance network of science outreachers enabled BID to integrate its activities with ongoing and existing programs.
April 2018
BI Promotion
Information sharing about BID with the research office in the College of Engineering led to many (est. 25) referrals to BID for grant consultations on Broader Impacts.
April 2018 - 2020
BI Communication
Information sharing with central campus Administration about BID resources, events, and support for PIs
Informing campus leadership in Office for Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education of BID grant.
The OVCRGE (Office for Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education) had oversight with both CAREER and GRFP workshops.
August 2018
WISCIENCE STEM Immersion program collaboration
Theme 5
WISCIENCE STEM Immersion program collaboration, this was a lunch in August 2018 with 35 incoming URM Undergraduates self identifying as future STEM majors.
The lunch introduced the students to UW-Madison graduate students with the intent to begin establishing possible mentor/mentee relationships.
No follow-up was organized so program intent failed.
September 2018
National Advancing Research Impacts in Society Center
Theme 5
The evolution of NABI into the ARIS Center afforded many opportunities for BID to engage with new partners on the national level.
December 2018
Launch of Illuminating Discovery Hub
Theme 4
Theme 5
Illuminating Discovery Hub, this new organizational structure in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery building gave the BID project both a physical presence in the WID building as well as a programmatic home of many of its programs.
The BID project role will be defined as the Hub’s activities evolve.
February 2019
Web revisions ongoing
Website maintenance and updating, broaderimpacts.wisc.edu, is a resource-focused website for campus researchers on Broader Impact.
Sections include, Understanding Broader Impacts, Broader Impacts Planning Step By Step, Partners and Programs for Broader Impacts, Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows, Contact & About, Latest BI News
May 2019
STEM for All Multiplex video production
Theme 4
Theme 5
The 2019 video project that we submitted was produced by Travis Tangen with assistance by our intern. Our video snapshot features the connections and case studies of how this more comprehensive Broader impacts Design process supports researchers’ participation in designing and implementing Broader Impacts plans.
The AAAS video allowed us to capture our BI story and can be used to continue the promotion of our BI work both on campus and beyond.
August 2019
STEM Fellows in person
Theme 4
Theme 5
Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows program, this program is a local UW-Madison version of the Portal to the Public program with requirements of 2-four hour workshops, development of an interactive exploration station, and participation in 3 outreach events.
Cohorts of about 15 are organized every 3-4 months.
October 2019
GRFP workshop
Theme 4
Theme 5
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Graduate Research Fellowship Program) workshop is an annual workshop for graduate students anticipating submitting a GRFP proposal to NSF. The 3-4 hour workshop gives an overview of NSF and the BI criterion. Activities include preliminary visioning of BI plans, budgets, and partnering opportunities.
Follow up with individual consultations are the normal outcomes of the workshop.
January 2020
STEM Fellows in person
Theme 4
Theme 5
Wisconsin Idea STEM Fellows program, this program is a local UW-Madison version of the Portal to the Public program with requirements of 2-four hour workshops, development of an interactive exploration station, and participation in 3 outreach events.
Cohorts of about 15 are organized every 3-4 months.
For PIs interested in working with local governments.
May 2020
Online NSF CAREER workshop
Theme 4
Theme 5
The annual CAREER workshop meets the needs of many junior faculty as they prepare their CAREER submission. The workshop covers basic BI 101 ideas and connects many PIs with campus and community resources that can improve their BI plans.
May 2020
ARIS Summit Session with new campus partner
Many campus individuals are unaware of many resources that serve our greater Madison and Wisconsin communities.
This presentation is an example of a new office, University Alliance, on campus that partners with local governments to solve pressing community problems. It could offer BI opportunities.
June 2020
Infographic Development
Theme 4
Development of BI resources on website
Website resources have become even more important in these times of distance and virtual activities. Numerous resources have been modified to be more useful in these unusual times of professional development.
August 2020
Development of new self-guided BI workshop tools
Theme 4
The BI tools development creates sustainable UW-Madison resources that are accessible to all of campus.
October 2020
Online GRFP workshop
Theme 5
With new resources from the NSF CAREER online workshop
UW-Madison submits a large number of GRFP proposals and our resources serve to introduce graduate students to BI, connect them will campus outreach and community engagement professionals, and improve their BI plans for their GRFP proposals.
November 2020
Impact Identity self-guide for BI planning with faculty videos
Theme 4
The Impact Identity activity has oftentimes proven to be extremely impactful for PIs to identify their interests in Broader Impacts activities and audiences. This planning resource is useful for asynchronous activities with BI Impact Identity.
December 2020
Model of online BI development - Speciation Cards
Theme 1
Evolution outreach for BI is a challenging research area.
This long-term partnership with a lab of about 10 graduate students, post-docs, and research staff is an example of how a BI project can expand from the PI to an entire lab group.