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The Outreach Programs Office offers critical support to faculty who are developing research proposals, especially National Science Foundation applications. The director collaborates with faculty to communicate the social impact of the science to a broader audience and to meet the required broader impact merit criteria.

As Broader Impact professionals, the Outreach Programs Office acts as a knowledge broker, partnership coordinator, and capacity builder that supports and may directly participate in research, education, communication and community engagement between the academy, other diverse stakeholders such as K-12 and informal education, industry, and society-at-large.

For outreach, faculty members host high school summer researchers, conduct lab visits, present in schools, participate in student events and can participate in countless other ways.

To discuss outreach for an upcoming proposal, contact Emily Ford, Director of Outreach Programs.

About working with minors

If faculty do host a high school student in their lab, all research group members will need to take the Protection of Minors training <link to site>, as well as have the student complete a parental release form <link to pdf> and visitor registration form <link to pdf>. We also recommend collecting a media release form <link to pdf> and confidentiality agreement <link to pdf>. Departmental administrators should collect and retain these forms for their records.

For additional information, here is an overview and checklist of working with minors <link to pdf>.