Campus Partners
There are many units on campus that are already doing fantastic work in outreach, research communication, and education that you can partner with for broader impacts activities. We've listed the larger programs here, but stay on the lookout for colleagues with extension appointments who might be interested in collaborating on a project.
Campus Partners
The Proposal Development Unit has amazing resources and experts, not just for supporting your grant's broader impacts! They provide grant news and trainings, including CAREER Grant proposal development workshops and mentoring.
The College of Education has faculty willing to partner on broader impacts activities. Contact Tish Attayek, the Director of Research Development in the College of Education, to find collaborators.
The Science House develops resources, programs, and materials for K-12 educators and connects researchers and students with volunteer and outreach opportunities.
The Engineering Place is a K-20 outreach program aimed at engaging students and teachers with engineering through camp programming, mentoring, workshops, and volunteer activities.
The Design Lab for K-12 Education is dedicated to teaching design as a way of thinking and to delivering design education experiences to benefit the K-12 community and beyond.
The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership is a professional development program for K-12 educators in STEM fields and topics.
The William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation seeks to improve education through fostering partnerships between researchers, educators, students, policymakers, and community members. The Friday Institute has assessment professionals who can help you create and review your broader impact activities outcomes.
NC State Cooperative Extension connects local needs to university resources and information. Five key areas in cooperative extension are sustaining agriculture and forestry, protecting the environment, maintaining viable communities, developing responsible youth, and developing strong, healthy and safe families.
North Carolina 4H supports a number of programs in agriculture and life sciences education, ranging in format from camps to curricular activities and publications.
Reaching Underrepresented Groups
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) is a living and learning community focused on increasing participation and retention of women in STEM fields.
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) is an NIH-funded program that seeks to foster a diverse biomedical and behavioral science doctoral pool and assist historically underrepresented groups to enter the professoriate. They offer programs for undergraduate and graduate students.
Imhotep Academy is a year-round middle school enrichment program that introduces students to the world of STEM with an emphasis on reaching students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines.
Libraries Public Events
The NC State University Libraries has expertise in building and promoting a wide range of exciting public events that engage different audiences and communities. Our high-tech spaces provide unique venues for connecting with audiences through programs and exhibits. We are happy to work with researchers early in the process of writing their broader impacts statements to develop outreach events and programs. If you would like to work with the NC State University Libraries to develop an event or outreach activity please contact Marian Fragola.
The Libraries provides a variety of additional services supporting public engagement, including support for open research, open education, data visualization, and digital media production.