The Future of the BI Infrastructure Community

Broader Impacts Community Timeline April 24-26, st Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit hosted by MU. Funded by internal grant from Mizzou Advantage and a small reg fee. Participants subscribed to National BI Listserv September 1, 2013 NSF awards MU a planning grant to plan national BI network & submit a Research Collaboration Network (RCN) proposal to fund the network. October 22-23, 2013 RCN proposal preparation workshop hosted at Northwestern

Broader Impacts Community Timeline March 7, 2014 NSF EPSCoR Workshop proposal awarded to provide funding for 2014 BI Infrastructure Summit. Principal Investigator Susan Renoe, Missouri Co-Principal Investigator Diane Rover, Iowa State April 16-18, 2014 The second BI Infrastructure Summit held in Arlington, VA November 15, 2013 RCN proposal submitted. Principal Investigator Susan Renoe, Missouri Co-Principal Investigators Jane Horwitz, Penn Kemi Jona, Northwestern Kevin Niemi, Wisconsin Diane Rover, Iowa State Key Personnel Megan Heitmann, Iowa State Amy Pratt, Northwestern Kaye Storm, Stanford

Presenting BIONIC Funded by NSF RCN award B roader I mpacts & O utreach N etwork for I nstitutional C ollaboration

Disclaimer These plans represent a snapshot of items the proposal team thought were important in building a national BI network 6 months ago. We welcome any & all ideas for the future of this community & ask for your expertise & resources to share. The goal is that by the end of the 5-year RCN award, BIONIC will become a self-sustaining membership organization.

BIONIC Objectives 1.Identify and curate promising models, practices, & evaluation methods for the BI community 2.Expand engagement in and support the development of high-quality BI activities by educating current & future faculty and researchers on effective BI practices 3.Develop the human resources necessary for sustained growth & increased diversity of the BI community 4.Promote cross-institutional collaboration on & dissemination of BI programs, practices, models, materials, and resources

BIONIC Plan to Support Information & Material Sharing Products (Horwitz): – Annual State of the BI Field Report – BI Evaluation Resources – BI Handbooks – E-Newsletter Potential Topics: – NSF BI Review Criterion & Requirements – Getting a BI Office Established – Getting Started with BI in Research – Models for BI Infrastructure & Support – BI Documentation – BI Evaluation – BI Scholarship

BIONIC Plan to Support Information & Material Sharing Cyberinfrastructure (Jona & Pratt): – Website ( – Databases: BI Professionals & Offices – Open-access Repository – Community Calendar Event Planning (Niemi and Heitmann) – Annual Meeting – Site Visits Mentoring & Training (Rover)

How Do I Join BIONIC? Join the listserv: Send a new to with a blank subject line. Delete EVERYTHING from your except for Subscribe BROADERIMPACTSSUMMIT-L (make sure you take out your signature line as well!) More information is coming soon! Talk to Kaye Storm

BIONIC: Next Steps What would you like BIONIC to do for you? What does success for BIONIC look like in 3-5 years? (yellow) How can you contribute to the growth and success of BIONIC?

NSF Acknowledgment This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers MCB and MCB Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and o not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.