​National Science Foundation (NSF) proposals are judged by two main criteria: “intellectual merit” and “broader impacts.” The latter of these goals is often misunderstood and hard to implement, according to Dr. Susan Renoe from the “National Alliance for Broader Impacts” (NABI), during a recent meeting at NSF headquarters. NABI is a byproduct of an NSF grant that seeks to elevate the standards and professionalism of the broader impact (BI) community, by creating “a community of practice that fosters the development of sustainable and scalable institutional capacity and engagement in broader impacts activity.”  read more . . .