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Prof. John Beacom Awarded 2022 Outreach and Engagement Impact Grant

June 28, 2022

Prof. John Beacom Awarded 2022 Outreach and Engagement Impact Grant

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Three Arts and Sciences faculty members, including Prof. John Beacom received 2022 Outreach and Engagement Impact Grants from the Ohio State Office of Outreach and Engagement. Across the university, there were only 11 awardees for this funding cycle. These grants give a maximum of $20,000 to support development of impact reports for programs, performances or exhibits; development of a public policy document or impact report; development or implementation of a program, performance, exhibition or initiative based upon previous research, assessment or public input; or enhancement or expansion of a program that extends community access to the university. John Beacom, Henry L. Cox Professor of Physics and of Astronomy, won the grant for SciAccess, Inc.

"SciAccess, Inc. is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing disability equity and access in STEM. This grant will allow us to develop the four SciAccess branches hand-in-hand with the community of stakeholders essential to its success. Accessibility efforts must be made with and by members of disabled communities: it is essential that our team from Ohio State engages both accessibility researchers and disabled STEM professionals in proposal development. Funds will allow us to hold fully-accessible meetings with the development team (including ASL interpreting and captioning) and partially support team members for their efforts to develop this proposal."