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Broader Impacts Group

Broader Impacts Group

BIG fosters research and creative scholarship activities that benefit the public and contribute to UM’s research competitiveness through support for UM researchers’ broader impacts efforts at all stages, from proposal through dissemination.

Our Services

BIG helps UM researchers design, implement, and evaluate broader impacts and other education and outreach efforts. Learn how BIG can help PIs:

  • Explore collaboration opportunities with existing, high-impact UM programs that deliver broader impacts.
  • Design highly competitive broader impacts plans and proposal sections.
  • Develop and implement broader impacts evaluation.
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Education Evaluation Services
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BIG's Community Advisory Group Toolkit

Our Programs

The Broader Impacts Group serves as the administrative home for an array of programs that put UM research to work for the benefit of the public.

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Autonomous Aerial Systems Office
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Office of Undergraduate Research
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spectrUM Discovery Area
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We Are Montana in the Classroom
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UM Zoological Museum