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NSF’s Broader Impacts

NSF’s Broader Impacts. How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning? How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)?

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NSF’s Broader Impacts

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  1. NSF’s Broader Impacts • How well does the activity advance discovery and understanding while promoting teaching, training, and learning? • How well does the proposed activity broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (e.g., gender, ethnicity, disability, geographic, etc.)? • To what extent will it enhance the infrastructure for research and education, such as facilities, instrumentation, networks and partnerships? • Will the results be disseminated broadly to enhance scientific and technological understanding? • What may be the benefits of the proposed activity to society?

  2. Broader Impacts • Why?

  3. Proxmire Golden Fleece Awards • Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wisc) • Started pointing out “wasteful” government spending • Awardees included SETI, NSF, NIH, etc. • Now run by Taxpayers for Common Sense • Partially results from a poor understanding of science

  4. Value in Science • Why does the National Endowment for the Arts (or Humanities) exist? ($4B since 1965) • Is there inherent value in science? • NIH budget ($31B annually) • NSF budget ($6.9B annually) • DOE budget $28B annually)

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