The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $765,465 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to host the 28th NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) National Conference from October 2023 to September 2025. The conference will engage audiences from different research areas and geographic jurisdictions, including state legislators, congressional representatives, federal employees, project...
This $399,922 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) will support the EPIIC (Excellence in Partnership with Industry, Academia, and New Discoveries) consortium of five private universities located across the industrialized northern United States. The EPIIC program aims to build strong and sustainable external partnerships between these institutions and local industries, focusing on emerging technologies in...
This Project Grant award of $565,558, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program, supports a collaborative effort among five Emerging Research Institutions (ERIs) in Rhode Island to re-envision research administration capacity in the state. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year award include: 1) developing shared resources and a research administration learning community, 2) building and diversifying the...
This Project Grant award of $106,050, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, supports a conference and collaborative activities to increase proposal development skills and submission rates for STEM education projects among institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the EPSCoR jurisdictions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The key objectives of the project are to: (1) conduct a proposal development workshop for 50 researchers from...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the convening of a Forum on Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS) over a 3-year period. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will lead this effort to improve the coordination of national efforts to increase the research and development capacity and engagement of ERIS, minority-serving, rural, and historically under-engaged institutions in U.S. academic STEM...
This $370,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, supports a collaborative research project titled "EPIIC: Strengthening Collaborative Advancements Leveraging Equitable University Partnerships." The project involves four diverse institutions - Winston-Salem State University, North Arkansas College, Middle Georgia State University, and St. Vincent College - with the goal of increasing...
This $276,839 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative research study examining the impact of non-science isolation practices on scientific production and collaboration. The research aims to deepen understanding of how national scientific systems are interconnected with global economic and political dynamics, providing insights on the effects of scientific cooperation across countries...
This $505,455 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research initiative among five Emerging Research Institutions (ERIS) in Rhode Island. The project aims to address collective challenges in the state's research administration landscape by: 1) developing shared resources and a research administration learning community; 2) building and diversifying the Rhode Island research administration pipeline;...
This $400,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) supports a collaborative research initiative called "EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- Building the Future Workforce Together." The project involves a partnership across six academic institutions - Hobart and William Smith College, University of Maine at Farmington, Albany College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Montgomery College, Benjamin Franklin...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, provides $399,934 to a collaborative effort across six academic institutions. The goal is to better align STEM curricula with industry workforce needs. The project, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: EMPOWERED -- BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE TOGETHER," will enable the participating institutions to grow industry partnerships, improve course...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $2,740,384 to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The project aims to enhance the research capacity and collaboration of organizations within and across NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions. Key activities include:
Hosting two national EPSCoR summits to convene stakeholders and share knowledge.
Developing and maintaining an electronic EPSCoR hub to disseminate relevant research capacity materials and facilitate collaboration across the 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions.
Hosting interactive workshops and managing a blog series to share discoveries, resources, and best practices.
This project leverages a networked improvement community framework to synthesize and disseminate strategies, policies, and practices that enhance research capacity in EPSCoR regions, ultimately supporting national priorities of economic growth, national security, and U.S. leadership in STEM.