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This event is held by the Office of Societal Impact.
Researchers are familiar with describing and assessing their research outputs and results. But how do you know that you are making an impact in society? Whether your funder requires it, or you are personally driven to incorporate a broader impacts plan into your research project, this component should be accompanied by a well-articulated plan for evaluating the broader impacts activities that are being proposed. This can present a challenge for investigators who are not trained in program evaluation.
This workshop will provide a brief introduction to the role of project evaluation in research impact. We will define evaluation terms like outputs, outcomes, and impacts; discuss impact indicators and potential data sources and methods; introduce standard evaluation tools including logic models and evaluation matrices; and describe the critical components needed to develop impact evaluation plans tailored to the research goals.
This event counts toward the Postdoctoral Professional Development Certificate (*CP, RF)