TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying and assessing trends on the national science foundation's broader impact criterion
AU - Verdín, Dina
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Dina Verdín is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education and M.S. student in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering at San José State University. Dina is a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Her research interest focuses on first-generation college students, specifically around changing deficit base paradigms by providing asset base perspectives for understanding this community.
Funding Information:
To maintain its high standards of excellence and accountability, in 1997, the National Science Foundation incorporated a policy that would evaluate proposals submitted to the agency under two Merit Review criteria: Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts, replacing the four criterion system established in 19814,5. As noted by former NSF Director Arden Bement, “The [Broader Impacts] criterion was established to get scientists out of their ivory towers and connect them to society”6. The 1997 criteria, publicized by the National Science Board via Important Notice 121, New Criteria for NSF Proposals7, comprised of a set of contextual elements aimed at assisting the grant proposer and reviewer stating:
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This study was made possible through a summer internship experience at the National Science Foundation by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). Special thank you to my mentors Don Millard Deputy Division Director, Amelia Greer Science Analyst, and all the Program Directors in the Engineering Education and Centers Division. An additional thank you to those Program Officers who participated in the interviews.
PY - 2017/6/24
Y1 - 2017/6/24
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85030550971
SN - 2153-5965
VL - 2017-June
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
T2 - 124th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition
Y2 - 25 June 2017 through 28 June 2017
ER -