Join or Request a Workshop
The following workshops, trainings, and presentations may be scheduled upon request for groups, departments or colleges.
Please complete this request form to schedule. (link to request form)
Building The Research Workforce: One way to address the NSF’s Broader Impacts requirement is through activities that focus on expanding participation in STEM. This workshop will explore why this is a priority for NSF and nationally. We will discuss how to incorporate evidence-based strategies and activities designed to expand participation in STEM and research.
Building Broader Impacts Partnerships: Developing and implementing successful Broader Impacts (BI) activities is often dependent on identifying the right partner(s) and establishing a productive collaborative. But how do you find a "just right" BI partner? What are the elements of a successful partnership? How can you ensure that the relationship is mutually beneficial for both members of the partnership? These and other questions will be answered in this interactive workshop.
Collaborative Project Management: We offer Collaborative Project Management workshops for multi-disciplinary or multi-institutional teams. Facilitated discussions work to 1) align personal, departmental or institutional, and project goals, and 2) coordinate diverse professional cultures through collaborative timelines and team protocols. Discussions also aim to clarify project scope and responsibilities, and identify potential risks to the project and risks to team cohesion. Join us for a scheduled workshop, or contact us if you would like to include this workshop in your project kick-off or team retreat.
Developing your Broader Impacts Identity: Most researchers are comfortable thinking about and discussing their research identity — who they are as researchers and what contributions they hope to make to their discipline through their research over the course of their careers. It is far less common, however, for researchers to think about their impact identity — the lasting impacts they aspire to have on their community and on society, as a whole, through their broader impacts work. By developing your impact identity, you no longer have to view each new proposal’s broader impacts statement as a ‘one-off’ activity, starting from scratch each time, but instead an ongoing, graduated approach that continues to build on previous work toward your overarching societal impact goals.
This interactive workshop will introduce the concept of a broader impacts identity and walk investigators through a process for starting to define BI identity. While any researcher is likely to benefit from this workshop, it is particularly relevant to early-career researchers (as well as to broader impacts professionals who work with researchers and can play a crucial role in helping them develop their BI identities).
Evaluating Broader Impacts Activities: All NSF proposals must not only have a broader impacts component, but a well-articulated plan for evaluating the broader impacts activities that are being proposed. This can present a challenge for investigators who are not trained in program evaluation. This workshop will provide a brief introduction to the basics of program evaluation and connect participants with some tools and resources to help them get started.
Past Societal Impact Workshops and Resources
Title: Pathways to Impact: Cultivating Collaboration Among Multi-Organizational Teams
Successful teams lead to successful projects. Learn about collaborative project management (CoPM) tools and practices that put the people of the project at the center. These practices enhance team cohesion, sharpen shared understanding of goals and deliverables, and incorporate organizational cultures in order to coordinate stakeholder timelines, talent, and preferences. Explore CoPM in this workshop to cultivate your team’s collective progress and project success.
Resources:
- Pathways to Impact PowerPoint Presentation
Title: Pathways to Impact: Institutionally Coordinated Resources to Support Faculty and Staff Engaged in Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research (UR) experiences can be transformative for students and are a vital component of preparing students for graduate programs and careers. The University of Arizona has institutionally coordinated resources to support new and existing UR programs. Hear from faculty and staff who offer support and resources including CUREs, VIPs, culturally inclusive mentor training, UR Ambassadors, internships, proposal support and funding opportunities, and more. Learn about utilizing these resources to start and grow accessible and equitable UR programs.
Resources:
Pathways to Impact PowerPoint Presentation
Presentation Recording
Pathways to Impact Symposium Series
Transdisciplinary Research: Impact that Transcends Academia
The goal of transdisciplinary research is to incorporate different academic disciplines along with the knowledge and expertise of non-academic partners including community members, practitioners, or policy makers in the process of using research to find solutions to real-world problems. UA researchers from many departments and disciplines have been successful practicing transdisciplinary research for years (sometimes using terms like community-based participatory research, engaged research, or co-production of knowledge). In this seminar, we will explore the principles and practices of transdisciplinary research and hear from UA researchers about their experiences working with external partners to generate useful and usable research that helps make a positive difference for their partners.
Resources:
- Pathways to Impact Presentation
- Presentation Recording
Please join the STEM Learning Center for a mixer on Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Campus Store. Learn about upcoming federal funding opportunities that support research and programs relevant to Hispanic Serving Institution initiatives and STEM education and connect with potential collaborators from across the university.
No resources available for this event
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a prestigious research grant to the University of Arizona, supporting an innovative Postdoctoral Fellowship program aimed at promoting best practices in STEM fields. The REEDS Postdoctoral Fellowship, will provide exceptional scholars with an opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research and foster supportive learning environments.
Learn more by listening to their episode of The Inquiry Oasis here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2217797/14174066-ep-13-shaping-stem-s-future-voices-from-the-reeds-fellowship
Resources:
Pathways to Impact PowerPoint
Presentation Recording
Please join us for an informative networking opportunity with community partners, Native and Indigenous organizations, civic organizations, and members of the UArizona community. Presenters will showcase productive institutional engagement and research collaborations while highlighting tools and preferred practices that support them. At the event, you will have the opportunity to connect with campus, local, and regional partners. UArizona values collaborations where the University and community engage as equal partners in all steps of the research, teaching, and engagement processes with the goals of educating, improving practice, and bringing about social change.
View the Community University Report that will be highlighted at this event here.
Resources:
Pathways to Impact Presentation
Presentation Recording
Event Description: The STEM Mixer, a pivotal event where we aim to identify key areas to drive support in STEM. UAZ has joined AAAS’s SEA Change program. We will share additional information about the process and intended outcomes of the SEA Change initiative, engage in dynamic discussions, and form collaborative working groups that will develop UA's strategic plan to effect sustainable change to our campus's STEMM culture.
No resources available for this event
Workshops:
ORIGINS: Fossils for Possible Futures
Monday, October 16, 2:00-4:00pm
In this workshop, participants will create fossils speculatively representing organisms from imagined worlds. Read more.
FUTURES: Sculpting the Unknown
Tuesday, October 17, 2:00-4:00pm - UA Students only
This workshop will explore a novel methodology for transdisciplinary exchange using sculpture as a common language for playful intellectual exploration. Read more.
HETEROGENEITY: The Values of Nature
Wednesday, October 18, 2:00-4:30pm
This workshop will explore lessons in righteousness to be learned from creatures of the Sonoran Desert, providing a space for creative expression of the more-than-humane. Read more.
Gallery Talks: Tuesday, October 24, 2:00-5:00pm
Schedule of presentation HERE
Schedule - Gallery Talks , October 24
2:00-2:30 “100-Year Photography: From Today to the Future” (Hai Ren)
How can art enact discussions of the future in rural China?
2:30-2:45 “Dear Body of Water: A Poetic Water-Harvesting Project” (Gretchen Henderson)
How might we cultivate care for overlooked ecologies including bodies of water, both far afield and right where we are?
2:45-3:00 “The Wonder Studio” (Nicole Antebi, Aaron Bugaj, Betsy Arnold)
Can moving images and imaging systems offer a platform for investigating the connections between artistic expression and scientific study?
3:00-3:30 “America's Health: Welcome to the Game” (Yuri Makino, Christine Ryan
Harland)
How do community-based healthcare models transform our sick care system into an affordable, accessible and high-quality model?
4:00-4:30 “Documenting Resilience in Tucson’s Southside” (Selina Barajas, Jacqueline Barrios,
Meg Jackson Fox, Kenny Wong)
How does Tucson’s Southside envision resilience?
3:30-4:00 “The Nature of Change: Experiments in Societal Transformation Through Environmental Art (Carissa DiCindio, Jonathon Keats, Jenna Green)
How can artistic practices engage communities with local ecology in Tucson?
4:30-5:00 “Southwest Field Studies in Writing” (Susan Briante, Francisco Cantú)
How can university/nonprofit partnerships empower writers and artists to engage in reciprocal learning in the borderlands?”
Reception: Tuesday, October 24, 5:00-7:00pm
Join the artists and celebrate the Art Research Integration project.
No resources available for this event
Event Description:
Increasingly, researchers are becoming more intentional about the impact that their research can have on society, beyond traditional disciplinary measures. In this online seminar, we will introduce some of the distinct types of impact plans that federal funding agencies are now requiring in their solicitations and provide tips and tools for successfully addressing these elements in your proposal. We will also describe frameworks that researchers and institutions can use to document and describe the societal impact of their funded projects, including results from a pilot project conducted by the University of Arizona.
Our special guest, Susan Renoe, will discuss the evolution and current state of broader impacts in the National Science Foundation and highlight the resources available through the NSF-funded Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS).
Speakers:
Jen Fields - Executive Director, Office of Societal Impact, Division of Research, Innovation and Impact, University of Arizona
Michelle Higgins - Associate Director, Office of Societal Impact, Division of Research, Innovation and Impact, University of Arizona
Alison Meadow - Associate Research Professor, Office of Societal Impact, Division of Research, Innovation and Impact, University of Arizona
Gigi Owen - Research Scientist, Climate Assessment for the Southwest, Arizona Institute for Resilience, University of Arizona
Featured Speaker:
Susan Dixon Renoe, Ph.D. - Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Development & Strategic Partnerships, Division of Research, Innovation and Impact and Office of Extension and Engagement, University of Missouri
Resources:
- Pathways to Impact PowerPoint
- Presentation Recording
Understanding Your Impact: Evaluating and Demonstrating Broader and Societal Impacts of Research
Participants will better understand he roll of project valuation in research impact and be provided with tools to develop impact evaluation plans tailored to their research goals. We will introduce standard evaluation tools such as logic models, as well as innovative frameworks for understanding and articulating how your research is used in society.
Resources:
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Presentation Recording
Community Engagement and Collaboration: Building Strong Community Partnerships Through Research
Participants will learn about best practices and considerations for community engaged research projects; the basics of successful collaborative project management; and strategies for building sustained partnerships that help projects thrive now and into the future.
Resources:
PowerPoint Presentation
Print Out for Event
SIROW Project List
Presentation Recording
Exploring Broader and Societal Impacts of Research Workshop
Participants will be introduced to broader impact of research and how to integrate impact more purposefully into research projects; a range of impact categories recognized by funders, including those specific to NSF's review criteria; how to develop an impact CV to complement their research CV.
Resources:
PowerPoint Presentation
BI Planning Worksheet
BI Identity Workshop
Presentation Recording