Welcome to the landing page of the Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts Working Group
The Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts (ES/BI) Working Group supports understanding of and capacity for teaching and research partnerships that involve faculty, students and community-, government- and/or industry-based practitioners in advancing positive social or educational changes within and beyond the University. To learn more and get connected with a member of the ES/BI Working Group, fill out this brief form.
| Plan and Write Your BI Proposal | Brown's Existing School and Community Partnerships | Find Funding | Campus Partners |
Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts Resources
The offices that comprise the ES/BI Working Group offer a variety of resources for developing proposals that require broader impacts components, as well as outreach and engaged scholarship activities. Please see the links below if you are looking for:
Plan and Write Your BI Proposal
- Creating effective Broader Impact proposals: National Alliance for Broader Impacts: Guiding Principles
- Local statistics on education in Rhode Island: Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Assistance drafting/crafting a proposal for a grant opportunity: Research Development - proposal development support and The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
- Assistance writing a Management Plan: Research Development
- Assistance writing an Evaluation Plan: Research Development, The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, and Judy Kimberly (BioMed)
- Help with a data management plan: University Library
- Discipline-specific help with a literature review or University collections of interest: University Library
- Proposal submission consultations for biomedical & clinical faculty: Advance-CTR Research Services
Brown's Existing School and Community Partnerships
- Existing outreach programs at Brown: Annenberg Institute
- Opportunities for engaged scholarship: The Swearer Center
- Offering summer research experiences to diverse undergraduate students: The Leadership Alliance
- Assistance with an assessment plan (collecting or reviewing evidence of student learning): The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
- Advice on addressing diversity and inclusion in your research and pedagogy: OIED site, faulty retention and mentoring sites
- The Brown-Tougaloo Partnership: The Brown-Tougaloo Partnership
- Advice on incorporating distance learning or digital pedagogy into your scholarship: Brown Online Learning & Design
- Ideas on expanding your research into policy: Annenberg Institute, The Policy Lab
Find Funding
- Internal funding opportunities for faculty: Internal funding opportunities
- Funding opportunities for faculty from federal and private sources: External funding opportunities and the SPIN Funding Database
- Funding opportunities for graduate students and postdocs: The Next Level
- Research related policies and resources for undergraduate research: Dean of the College - Undergraduate Research
- Research related policies and resources for graduate students: Graduate School
Campus Partners
- Office of the Vice President for Research
- The Swearer Center
- The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
- University Library
- Annenberg Institute
- Graduate School
- Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity
- Brown Online Learning & Design
- The Leadership Alliance
- Dean of the College - Undergraduate Research