HIBAR RESEARCH ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER - FALL 2025 | An update from the HIBAR Research Alliance | In this issue, we share: As always, you can find additional information and resources at www.hibar-research.org. | A new direction for research universities | In an essay published recently in Issues in Science and Technology, ASU's Michael M. Crow, William B. Dabars, and David V. Rosowksy write that it is time for universities to redesign their 75-year-old contract. "By reimagining how they engage with society across many dimensions, the universities of the future can be a source of responsible scientific and technological innovation, inclusive socioeconomic mobility, and service to their communities." | | Their article prompted a lively discussion in the online Forum, including one response offered by our HIBAR Research Alliance Management Group. In it, the group agreed that while Vannevar Bush’s original vision has led universities to amazing advances in innovation, the world has since changed. And so must universities, if they are to continue helping society solve its thorniest problems. | Check out our updated home page | Our website home page has a fresh new look! | Catch up with highlights from our recent webinars | | | From Research to Action: How USC's Public Exchange is Bridging the Gap Public Exchange (PX), a pioneering program at the University of Southern California (USC) connects experts across research disciplines with external partners tackling complex societal issues and provides the resulting teams with the support they need to solve some of our biggest challenges. Read more. | | | | Highlighting Consensus-Driven Development of an Important New Standard As LEDs started replacing incandescent bulbs, it became clear that a new evaluation standard was required to balance the competing goals of lighting quality and energy efficiency. A cross-sectoral committee with broad-ranging expertise took on this challenge, and succeeded. Read more. | | | Join this free online event on November 14 | Research projects increasingly involve multidisciplinary teams networked across multiple universities and other institutions. However, current research ethics and tools offer little guidance to the leaders of complex research networks. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) funded NetEthics project team has mapped the gap, published analyses, and created tools for complex research networks to use to advance ethical and responsible research. Sponsored by the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences at the University of Minnesota, this November 14 conference will bring together national leaders from a range of disciplines to address the challenges facing research networks, consider NetEthics tools, and offer new strategies to help complex research networks to conduct their work ethically and responsibly. This public conference will be held via Zoom on November 14, 2025 from 9am-4pm CT. | Host a Civic Science Fellow | The Civic Science Fellows program is building a network of leaders working to advance change across sectors - so people from all backgrounds shape science and benefit from its power and promise. Organizations interested in being considered as a host for a 2026–27 Civic Science Fellow are invited to read more below and apply by December 15, 2025. | Apply for a Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarship | The Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarship Awards recognize emerging business and management scholars who demonstrate an exceptional commitment to responsible research that matters to society in their doctoral dissertation research. Doctoral students selected as Dare to Care Dissertation Scholars in the 2026 award cycle will receive financial support in the form of a scholarship of $10,000 as well as intellectual support from among the community of RRBM scholars. Applications will be accepted from January 1 – 31, 2026 | Offer your feedback: AACSB's Global Research Impact Framework | In 2025, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) partnered with nine scholarly societies to establish the Global Research Impact Task Force, charged with broadening the way business school research impact is defined, measured, and advanced across the business education ecosystem. The results in this exposure draft reflect the task force’s first-phase objectives: to reveal key challenges, establish guiding principles, and recommend a framework that schools can use to strengthen their research impact ecosystems. The Global Research Impact Task Force welcomes feedback from stakeholders, so they can refine the framework for release in April 2026. | Catch up on recent events hosted by NASEM | The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and the Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable (GUIPRR) have hosted a number of recent events that are of interest to our HRA community. Catch up on them here: | Opportunities for Doing Social-Environmental Research with Little to No Funding NASEM hosted a webinar for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career faculty, showcasing practical, low-cost methods to sustain meaningful environmental and societal research during times of limited financial support. Watch the recording | Advancing University-Philanthropy Partnerships for Sustainable Research (GUIPRR) GUIPRR brought together leaders from universities, philanthropic foundations, and industry to explore best practices, ongoing challenges, and promising opportunities in building stronger, more sustainable partnerships. Watch the recording | | Building Institutional Capacity for Public Engagement with Science This webinar provided evidence and examples of approaches for capacity-building efforts to support public engagement with science, and explored ideas for how to use existing resources inside and outside of research institutions to build necessary capacity throughout the research life cycle. Watch the recording | Aligning Talent, Research, and Innovation: A Cross-Sector Approach to Strengthening America's Research Enterprise (GUIPRR) Co-hosted by GUIPRR and the U.S. Congressional R&D Caucus, this discussion highlighted opportunities where improved coordination can increase the effectiveness of federal scientific research and development investments. Watch the recording | | What we're reading Here are some recent articles that we've enjoyed reading: | Science in Service of the Nation | The Science and Practice of Team Science | Sign up for our Tuesday Takeaways | Each Tuesday, we share a link to a 1-minute video, highlighting a key about HIBAR research from one of our webinar speakers. Sign up below to receive the weekly Tuesday Takeaway email message. You can also browse the complete Tuesday Takeaways collection here. | | | | | |
