This week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday highlights 2026 #ARISAwards winner Rod N. Williams, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Outreach and Engagement at Texas Tech University. His work has helped institutions worldwide strengthen engaged scholarship and community partnership infrastructure. buff.ly/gpkgGGL

Join the ARIS Research Impact Community of Practice (RICoP) from September 2026 through May 2028! Apply by July 24: researchinsociety.org/training/ari...

Strong research is a great start. To stand out at NSF (and beyond), connect your work to real-world societal impact. #ARISInsights: BI = why it matters • RI = how change happens • SI = what improves over time. Swipe to see how ARIS supports impact at every level. researchinsociety.org

This week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday highlights 2026 #ARISAwards winner Oscar Schofield, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. His work connects research, educator training, rescue modeling, and public science literacy. buff.ly/yBxcwGb

Join the Impact Atlas Pilot Group! ARIS is inviting a small cohort of institutional teams to pilot the Impact Atlas, a diagnostic and planning framework that helps institutions coordinate, measure and act on research impact. Sign up for the July 29 informational session: buff.ly/w8RT0O3

Higher ed institutions power talent, ideas&regional innovation in the US&around the world. The NSF EPIIC program tested a fast, high-support approach to help strengthen proposals, build capacity&compete more effectively for funding. The result: a practical framework called IHE APPLI buff.ly/YP62H0H

The Center for Science and the Schools (CSATS) connects universities with K–12 educators to expand STEM learning and participation nationwide. It’s this week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday program and was also #ARISAwards 2022 Enduring Achievement Award winner. researchinsociety.org/award/center...

We are proud to announce Dr. Divya Sitaraman, East Bay Associate Professor of Psychology, at @calstate.bsky.social as one of our 2026 ARIS Research Fellows researchinsociety.org/aris-announc...

Join us to learn more about RICoP! The ARIS Research Impact Communities of Practice provides a collaborative space for professional growth, shared learning & peer connection so Research Impact professionals can do their best work. Reg to join office hours 11-11:45am CT July 15: buff.ly/LxQJzXz

This week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday highlights 2026 #ARISAwards winner Zooniverse, led by Lucy Fortson and Laura Trouille. With nearly 3 million participants and 500+ projects, Zooniverse is the world’s largest online citizen science platform. buff.ly/GIZmdmm

Writing a BI plan (or building an impact portfolio)? "The Handbook of Broader Impacts" gives you concrete tools, from science communication to K-12 partnerships & guidance for building competencies that count in careers, including promotion and tenure. Available now msupress.org/978161186575...

Faculty & research pros from across the University of Illinois gathered for a workshop on designing stronger broader impacts. Led by ARIS ED Susan Renoe, participants explored strategies to strengthen proposals for external funding: buff.ly/WI80zkA

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NSF’s EPIIC program built a live, intensive support model that helped institutions prepare stronger proposals in real time. Now those lessons have been turned into a customizable guide: IHE APPLI. For anyone wanting to expand research capacity, this is a must read: buff.ly/YP62H0H

#ARISAwards 2022 Emerging Broader Impacts Leader Dr. Adriana Bankston’s past and current research and policy work is in-line with a focus to connect scientific work with the society-at-large. She’s also this week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday feature. researchinsociety.org/award/adrian...

Join the ARIS Research Impact Community of Practice (RICoP) from September 2026 through May 2028! Apply by July 24: researchinsociety.org/training/ari...

ARIS Insights is where we highlight and share resources that will help you with your #BroaderImpacts programs from inception to impact. Today, we're featuring our Guiding Principles 2.0 designed help proposal writers create effective BI plans: researchinsociety.org/resources/

We’ve been hard at work building a diagnostic & planning framework that helps institutions coordinate, measure&act on research impact. Now, we’re ready to pilot the framework&seeking motivated partners w/existing momentum in RI. Learn & sign up for a pilot info session buff.ly/MQi8SyK

PSI-PIR is this week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday spotlight and a 2026 #ARISAwards winner. The center supports interdisciplinary, community-engaged teams that turn research into action, from nonprofit cybersecurity to green workforce retraining and microplastics monitoring. buff.ly/PeScn8J

We are proud to announce Dr. Erin James, Professor of English; Sustainability Certificate Director, at @uidaho.bsky.social as one of our 2026 ARIS Research Fellows researchinsociety.org/aris-announc...

ARIS partnerships are built for orgs ready to move research into real-world impact. We offer the expertise and network. Our partners bring the vision. Together, we co-develop resources and help lead the conversation on research impact and societal benefit. researchinsociety.org/aris-partnerships/

#BroaderImpactsThursday highlights 2026 #BIChampion Dina Myers Stroud. Through her support of ARIS while leading NSF’s GRANTED program, she helped expand understanding and value of BI nationwide&strengthen ARIS’s next phase of certification, scholarship & professional development. buff.ly/zV2J2oO

We are proud to announce Dr. Casey Canfield, Associate Professor, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science & Technology as one of our 2026 ARIS Research Fellows researchinsociety.org/aris-announc...

IMPACT Journal is a new open-access journal and platform dedicated to understanding and improving the societal impacts of research, evidence&scientific discovery. Submit abstracts from all disciplines for inaugural issue Nov 2026. Abstracts due 6/26 ImpactJournal@american.edu impact-journal.org

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#BroaderImpactsThursday is featuring #ARISAwards 2022 Impact Innovations Award winner Dr. Julie Bayley for developing and refining the innovative concept and associated tools of Research Impact Literacy. researchinsociety.org/award/julie-...

We are proud to announce Dr. Nicole Fahrenfeld, Professor and Undergraduate Director, Civil & Environmental Engineering, at @rutgersu.bsky.social as one of our 2026 ARIS Research Fellows researchinsociety.org/aris-announc...

We are proud to announce Dr. Mónica Bugallo, interim vice president for research and innovation at @stonybrooku.bsky.social as one of our 2026 ARIS Research Fellows researchinsociety.org/aris-announc...

This week’s #BroaderImpactsThursday highlights 2026 #ARISAwards winner Meggan Franks, Ph.D., of the LSU AgCenter’s LaHouse Research & Education Center. Under her leadership, 136 students from 37 schools used STEM to explore safer homes and communities. researchinsociety.org/award/meggan...

Today gives us a chance to combine two of our favorite things: Talk like Yoda Day and research impact

ARIS Insights is where we highlight and share resources that will help you with your #BroaderImpacts programs from inception to impact. Today, we're featuring our Guiding Principles 2.0 designed help proposal writers create effective BI plans: researchinsociety.org/resources/

When you select your role - practitioner, researcher, or org/institution - you’ll see the relevant programs and offerings that ARIS offers via our “Find My ARIS Program” tool. Try it out: researchinsociety.org/broader-impa...