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NSF Overview of Criterion 2
This website focuses on diversity (highlighted text below) although the activities identified overlap with many of the approaches for demonstrating broader impacts. Examples of all NSF suggested activites can be found at the link at the end.
Review Criteria
Text from NSF Grant Proposal Guide June 2003: Chapter III Processing and Review
All NSF proposals are evaluated through use of two National Science Board approved merit review criteria
What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?
What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity? 34
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?
NSF staff will give careful consideration to the following in making funding decisions:
Integration of Research and Education
Integrating Diversity into NSF Programs, Projects, and Activities
Broadening opportunities and enabling the participation of all citizens, women and men, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities, are essential to the health and vitality of science and engineering. NSF is committed to this principle of diversity and deems it central to the programs, projects, and activities it considers and supports.
34 Examples illustrating activities likely to demonstrate broader impacts are available electronically on the NSF Website at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf032/bicexamples.pdf.
