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The Future of the BI Infrastructure Community. Broader Impacts Community Timeline. April 24-26, 2013 1 st Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit hosted by MU. Funded by internal grant from Mizzou Advantage and a small reg fee. Participants subscribed to National BI Listserv.
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Broader Impacts Community Timeline • April 24-26, 2013 • 1st Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit hosted by MU. • Funded by internal grant from Mizzou Advantage and a small reg fee. • Participants subscribed to National BI Listserv September 1, 2013 NSF awards MU a planning grant to plan national BI network & submit a Research Collaboration Network (RCN) proposal to fund the network. October 22-23, 2013 RCN proposal preparation workshop hosted at Northwestern
Broader Impacts Community Timeline • November 15, 2013 • RCN proposal submitted. • Principal Investigator • Susan Renoe, Missouri • Co-Principal Investigators • Jane Horwitz, Penn • KemiJona, Northwestern • Kevin Niemi, Wisconsin • Diane Rover, Iowa State • Key Personnel • Megan Heitmann, Iowa State • Amy Pratt, Northwestern • Kaye Storm, Stanford • March 7, 2014 • NSF EPSCoR Workshop proposal awarded to provide funding for 2014 BI Infrastructure Summit. • Principal Investigator • Susan Renoe, Missouri • Co-Principal Investigator • Diane Rover, Iowa State April 16-18, 2014 The second BI Infrastructure Summit held in Arlington, VA
Presenting BIONICFunded by NSF RCN award Broader Impacts & Outreach Network for Institutional Collaboration
Disclaimer • These plans represent a snapshot of items the proposal team thought were important in building a national BI network 6 months ago. • We welcome any & all ideas for the future of this community & ask for your expertise & resources to share. • The goal is that by the end of the 5-year RCN award, BIONIC will become a self-sustaining membership organization.
BIONIC Objectives • Identify and curate promising models, practices, & evaluation methods for the BI community • Expand engagement in and support the development of high-quality BI activities by educating current & future faculty and researchers on effective BI practices • Develop the human resources necessary for sustained growth & increased diversity of the BI community • Promote cross-institutional collaboration on & dissemination of BI programs, practices, models, materials, and resources
BIONIC Plan to Support Information & Material Sharing • Products (Horwitz): • Annual State of the BI Field Report • BI Evaluation Resources • BI Handbooks • E-Newsletter • Potential Topics: • NSF BI Review Criterion & Requirements • Getting a BI Office Established • Getting Started with BI in Research • Models for BI Infrastructure & Support • BI Documentation • BI Evaluation • BI Scholarship
BIONIC Plan to Support Information & Material Sharing • Cyberinfrastructure (Jona & Pratt): • Website (www.broaderimpacts.net) • Databases: BI Professionals & Offices • Open-access Repository • Community Calendar • Event Planning (Niemi and Heitmann) • Annual Meeting • Site Visits • Mentoring & Training (Rover)
How Do I Join BIONIC? • Join the listserv: • Send a new email to listserv@po.missouri.edu with a blank subject line. Delete EVERYTHING from your email except for Subscribe BROADERIMPACTSSUMMIT-L (make sure you take out your signature line as well!) • More information is coming soon! • Talk to Kaye Storm
BIONIC: Next Steps • What would you like BIONIC to do for you? • What does success for BIONIC look like in 3-5 years? (yellow) • How can you contribute to the growth and success of BIONIC?