Broader Impacts Review Criterion

Proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation are evaluated through use of two merit review criteria, which all proposals must address explicitly. Experience shows that while most proposers have little difficulty responding to the criterion relating to intellectual merit, many proposers have difficulty understanding how to frame the broader impacts of the activities they propose to undertake. Excellent resources for developing the Broader Impacts section of your proposal may be found at: http://www.csid.unt.edu/topics/NSF-broader-impacts-criterion.html.