Goal #1: provide strategic programs and opportunities that stimulate
sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction’s R&D capacity
and competitiveness.
Goal #2:
to advance science and engineering capabilities in eligible
jurisdictions for discovery, innovation, and overall
knowledge-based prosperity.
NSF EPSCoR Initiatives:
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Research Infrastructure Improvement Grants:
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Provides support for sustainable improvements
in research infrastructure leading to increased
competitiveness and capacity.
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Track 1 RII: currently $4 million per year
for 5 years
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Track 2 RII: regional cyberinfrastructure
collaborations
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One award per state per funding period with a
limited application process (applying for FY 2009)
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Projects developed & chosen through a
carefully defined state process implemented by Maine EPSCoR
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Co-Funding Assistance:
enables more awards to be made to researchers in EPSCoR
jurisdictions from the Foundation's regular research,
education, and special emphasis competitions, by providing
partial support for those proposals that merit review places
at or near the cutoff for funding by the reviewing program.
This mechanism operates internally within NSF and does not
require any action on the part of the proposer.
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Outreach Initiative:
provides financial support for outreach visits by NSF staff
to acquaint researchers in the EPSCoR jurisdictions with NSF
priorities, programs, and policies. EPSCoR Outreach also
serves to acquaint NSF staff more fully with the facilities,
research activities, and investigator expertise/potential
within the EPSCoR jurisdictions.
For more information on NSF EPSCoR:
Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine
5717 Corbett Hall, Room 444, Orono, ME 04469-5717
Phone: (207)-581-2285 Fax: (207)-581-9487
maineepscor@umit.maine.edu
www.umaine.edu/epscor
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basic & applied research supporting DoD goals
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State EPSCoR committee selects a limited
number of proposals to submit annually from the state in
the fall
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Eligibility: universities with degree-granting
programs in science, mathematics, or engineering
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Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
for Ph.D. granting institutions or biomedical research
institutes
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IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research
Excellence (INBRE) for research & undergraduate institutions
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Maine contact: Patricia Hand, MDIBL
(207)-288-3605
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