The Broader Impacts Network (BIN) is CU Boulder’s central campus source connecting the research and creative works community with the partners, tools, and resources needed to successfully develop and implement socially significant broader impacts.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) prioritizes broader impact and intellectual merit in every proposal for funding. NSF defines broader impacts as “the potential to benefit society and contribute to the achievement of specific, desired societal outcomes.”
CU Boulder's BIN strives to enhance the quality of proposals through facilitating compelling and comprehensive broader impacts.
Broader Impacts Partners
There are a variety of partners on campus to support your broader impacts activities. Please use the audience, program type and discipline tool below to select which partner is most suitable for your broader impact needs. Please note that only one option may be selected: audience, program type or discipline.
The list below is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. If you are aware of broader impacts support not listed, please email rio@colorado.edu.
If you have a need not listed or are interested in community partnerships, contact the Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship at engagedscholarship@colorado.edu.
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Anderson Language and Technology Center (ALTEC)
ALTEC supports the language learning community at the University of Colorado Boulder and in the state of Colorado.
ATLAS
ATLAS promotes rigorous, curiosity-driven investigation in a thriving academic community that is supportive, energetic and playful.
Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement
The Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement supports broader impacts by encouraging, facilitating, networking and studying public participation practices.
Center for Environmental Journalism
The Center for Environmental Journalism was created to enrich public understanding of environmental issues.
CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE)
Provides educational and engagement opportunities for educators, students and the public to increase the understanding of environmental science.
Colorado Diversity Initiative
The Colorado Diversity Initiative, under the Graduate School, oversees several programs on the CU Boulder campus to promote diversity in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
CU Art Museum
A hub for the exploration of art, the CU Art Museum inspires creativity, innovation and original research.
CU Engage
A community engagement organization based in the college of education, focusing in Community-Based Research and Community-Based Learning Pathways.
CU Museum of Natural History
The CU Museum of Natural History provides research, teaching, community outreach, exhibits and offers a variety of educational programs.
CU Science Discovery
CU Science Discovery is a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education outreach program engaging K-12 students and teachers and connecting public audiences with the STEM research at CU Boulder.
CU Theatre & Dance Department
A community of scholars which embrace the collaborative and creative process as the core of education.
Earth Lab
Earth Lab integrates the massive volume of Earth systems data available from space, airplanes, sensor networks, social media and other sources to address environmental challenges.
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses
The EBIO greenhouses hold a diverse collection of plants used for teaching and research at the University of Colorado.
Education Diversity Scholars
EDS is a supportive, vibrant community, composed of individuals who are deeply and passionately committed to the School of Education’s mission to promote “democracy, diversity, equity, and justice.”
Ethnography & Evaluation Research
E&ER has a distinguished history of contributions on a variety of issues in STEM education, and a tradition of communicating this work effectively with practitioners.
Fiske Planetarium
Fiske Planetarium provides innovative, immersive, educational STEAM experiences to engage, inspire, and build community.
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)
LASP combines all aspects of space exploration through our expertise in science, engineering, mission operations, and scientific data analysis.
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis
LISA statistical collaborators can help design experiments, studies, and surveys; collect, analyze, and plot data; run statistical software; interpret results; and develop strategies to communicate statistical concepts and results to non-statisticians.
Media Economies Design Lab (MEDLab)
The Media Economies Design Lab experiments with democratic ownership and governance in the online economy.
Mortenson Center in Global Engineering & Resilience
The Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities (MCEDC) combines education, research, and outreach to provide sustainable and appropriate solutions to the endemic problems faced by the people on our planet who are most in need.
Multicultural Leadership Scholars
The Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program (MLS) supports the development of leaders from diverse backgrounds, experiences, concerns, knowledge, interests, and accomplishments.
National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)
The National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) is a nonprofit community of more than 600 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women's participation in computing and technology.
NEST Studio for the Arts
NEST is a cross-campus network that combines art and science to explore ways of observing, recording, experimenting and knowing.
Partnerships for Informal Science Education in the Community
PISEC provides opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs to teach inquiry-based science activities to K-12 populations that are underrepresented in science.
Student Academic Success Center
The Student Academic Success Center is a multi-cultural academic learning community, serving low income and first generation college students with academic skills development, math and writing courses, supplementary instruction in gateway courses, tutoring, pre-collegiate opportunities and graduate research opportunities.
STUDIO Lab
STUDIO Lab provides top-notch, hands-on training for undergraduate students in social science research.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
UROP enables transformative learning at the intersection of research and teaching by engaging students with CU Boulder’s pioneering faculty, their professional communities, and their developing identities as leaders.