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Having been awarded a grant from DMS for an undergrad training program – the "broader impacts statement" was more obnoxious, and forced. There are other issues
by nxobject 1y ago
Having been awarded a grant from DMS for an undergrad training program – the "broader impacts statement" was more obnoxious, and forced.
There are other issues that affect our ability to do good science, and the "broadening participation" mandate was peanuts compared to the other indignities of grantwriting.
Politely speaking, I'm not sure what crowd you're speaking for.
- Fomite 1y agoThis. At most, all I've ever had to do is note that my institution is a land grant university that draws from a diverse pool of applicants, including those in rural areas and 1st generation students. It was maybe a paragraph.