What could happen when your work connects with the right people?
Your research, scholarship, and creative work has the power to do more than advance knowledge—it can create opportunities for students, strengthen communities, influence practice and policy, and make a meaningful difference locally, across the Commonwealth, nationally, and globally.
Join us for the Broader Impacts & Community Engagement Resource Fair, where JMU faculty and staff can connect with campus resources and community organizations to discover new partners to engage students, reach new audiences, and turn ideas into real-world impact.
When: November 6th, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Where: The Forum in Hartman Hall
Registration: Registration requested. A lunch buffet will be served.
Why: Broader impacts are all the ways research, scholarship, and creative work benefits society beyond the advancement of knowledge itself. Depending on the project, that might mean creating opportunities for students to engage in research, developing partnerships with community organizations, improving health and well-being, advancing education, improving the valley’s economic environment, or meaningfully impacting practices or policies. It can also include making discoveries accessible to new audiences, such as K-12 students or the wider public.
Broader impacts looks like research on sustainable energy turning into market-ready clean-energy solutions. It looks like research on youth development and behavioral health helping community organizations design more effective programs and services for kids. It looks like every one of our undergraduate researchers, who are applying their learning to real-world challenges while developing career-ready skills.
This vision of engaged research is at the heart of the Madison Promise and its commitment to Chart a New Path as a National Research University. As we expand our scholarship portfolio, we also want to strengthen the connections that allow our work to benefit students, communities, the Commonwealth, and beyond.
Campus and Community Partners: 2026 partners will be announced shortly. If your organization is interested in participating, please contract researchdevelopment@jmu.edu.