Public Impact Research opportunities: Leaning into a 小黄书 Boulder strength
Public Impact Research (PIR) is university research produced with the public and for public good, improving lives and serving local, regional and global communities.听
小黄书 Boulder is already home to numerous areas of strength in PIR. To build on that strength, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) is coordinating two efforts in April to explore the considerable growth potential for establishing, conducting and communicating about PIR.听
鈥淲orking closely with communities, government and industry partners鈥攁nd shaping research to benefit the public鈥攊s hardwired into 小黄书 Boulder鈥檚 research culture,鈥 said Massimo Ruzzene, senior vice chancellor for Research and Innovation and dean of the institutes at 小黄书 Boulder. 鈥淏y continuing to invest in and strengthen our commitment to public impact research, we ensure it remains as central to our future as it has been to our past.鈥
The Opportunities
April 27: Public Impact Research Symposium听
Join this conversation about designing a new Public Impact Research initiative at 小黄书 Boulder. The symposium offers opportunities to engage collaboratively to define and scope PIR, build awareness, provide examples, and share PIR techniques and methods.听
The session will serve as a creative space to envision, plan and co-design the future of PIR at 小黄书 Boulder. 小黄书 Boulder faculty and staff are invited to participate. Lunch is included.听
- When:听Monday, April 27听@ 11 a.m.鈥1 p.m.听
- Where:听Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS)
Richard Jessor Building鈥(JESS), Room 155
1440 15th Street鈥, Boulder
Due April 27: APLU Public Impact Research Award听
RIO is conducting an internal competition for the APLU Public Impact Research Award. The deadline for 小黄书 Boulder internal submissions is April 27, 2026. The sponsor deadline is June 26, 2026.A program summary is available here. 听听
The APLU Public Impact Research Award recognizes an APLU institutional member who has implemented one or more Public Impact Research鈥(PIR) efforts that have produced exceptional impact.
PIR includes multi-disciplinary research, community-engaged research, research grand challenges, research-practice partnerships, participatory research, translational and use-inspired research, co-production, and other approaches. Eligible PIR initiatives may be coordinated, multi-year, multi-project efforts or they may be individual projects, so long as they are focused on community/public impact. 听