<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear LTER Communications Committee, </div><div><br></div><div>I wanted to highlight ARIS' new cohort-based model for building Research Impacts (see below), which offers a really focused opportunity to build a strategic broader impacts effort for your organization (university, field station, society, scientific etc.). It requires a big commitment, but also has a potentially very substantial payoff for organizations that really buy in.</div><div><br></div><div>It won't be for everyone, but if it catches you at the right stage of organizational development, it's a great opportunity.</div><div>Marty</div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marty Downs (she/her)  |  <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-956X" target="_blank">ORCID</a><div>Director, LTER Network Office</div><div>617-833-7930 (m)<br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>~~I sometimes find it convenient to email on nights and weekends. </i><br></div><div><i>That doesn't mean I expect you to reply.~~</i></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Advancing Research Impact in Society (ARIS)</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:U_of_Missouri@mailer.missouri.edu">U_of_Missouri@mailer.missouri.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 7:38 AM<br>Subject: ARIS: Call for Applications - ORIC<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:downs@nceas.ucsb.edu">downs@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>









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