HIBAR RESEARCH ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER - SUMMER 2024

A summer update from the HIBAR Research Alliance

In this newsletter issue, we share:

• Insights from the APLU Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good initiative;
• An opportunity to receive our weekly Tuesday Takeaway video by email;
• Highlights from our spring webinars;
• An update on a HIBAR project that has greatly expanded youth employment in Boston;
• A fellowship opportunity for graduate students interested in science policy; and
• A few upcoming events that may be of interest. 

As always, you can find additional information and resources at www.hibar-research.org.

Insights from Modernizing Scholarship initiative

In our most recent webinar, Dr. Elyse Aurbach (University of Michigan) described the Modernizing Scholarship for the Public Good initiative, launched in 2021 by the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU). The extensive action framework developed through this effort highlights strategic actions that institutions can take to advance publicly engaged and impactful research, including Highly Integrative Basic and Responsive (HIBAR) projects.

Here are a few of the key takeaway messages - click on each to watch a 1-min video: 

• Organizational culture eats policy, procedure, and practice for lunch. 
• Meaningful, sustained change is often a result of a long-term, deliberative process. 
• Significant and sustained change requires a lot of time and/or resources. 
• Look for opportunities to lay the groundwork for future change efforts. 

Watch the webinar highlights

Sign up for Tuesday Takeaways

Each Tuesday we share a link to a 1-minute video, highlighting a key insight that one of our webinar speakers developed, as a result of participating either in a HIBAR research project or in an institutional effort aimed at enabling more of this type of work. Sign up below to receive the weekly Tuesday Takeaway email message.

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Catch up with highlights from our spring webinars

An update on an inspiring HIBAR project

Last year we highlighted an inspiring HIBAR project co-led by Northeastern University and the City of Boston and supported by the William T. Grant Foundation's Institutional Challenge Grant program. The research produced by the partnership informed the city’s summer youth employment program, which employed nearly 10,000 students last year. Based on that work, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently announced that the city would expand the program to guarantee a job for every Boston Public Schools student who wants one this summer. The partnership has also created a number of organizational change efforts at Northeastern, aimed at building a supportive infrastructure and changing what it means to be a “successful researcher” at the university.

We are thrilled to share that the team has been awarded a continuation grant to further expand pathways to high quality jobs, especially for youth who face economic barriers. To learn more about key lessons learned by the HIBAR project team, watch the webinar highlights here. 

Read more about the Institutional Challenge Grant program

A fellowship opportunity for graduate students

T‍he application for the 2025 Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is now open. The program seeks current graduate students or recent graduates who are interested in exploring career options in science policy.

Upcoming events that may be of interest

These upcoming events are offered by other organizations and may be of interest to you as a member of the HIBAR Research Alliance community.

For more information about the HIBAR Research Alliance, visit www.hibar-research.org.