This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (IA) program provides $487,497 in funding to the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) for the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: E-CORE RII: STRENGTHENING MAINE'S RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM AND PATHWAYS THROUGH STRATEGIC CAPACITY BUILDING" project.
The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year award include:
- Advancing diversity, coordination, evaluation, reporting, growth, and sustainability of Maine's statewide research ecosystem
- Addressing STEM workforce shortages and developing pathways to broaden participation in research, with a focus on undergraduate institutions, emerging research institutions, and underrepresented groups
- Investing in early career faculty, incentivizing cross-organizational collaboration, and strengthening R&D through seed grants aligned with Maine's science and technology plan
- Generating new knowledge about research translation and communicating the impact of R&D investments to inform decision-makers
- Deploying approaches to foster systemic changes in Maine's higher education institutions and STEM workforce, including integrating indigenous sciences into the undergraduate curriculum
The overarching goal is to develop an enhanced and productive statewide research ecosystem that fully engages diverse institution types and sectors in Maine.
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