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EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-1 (RII Track-1)

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NSF 23-582

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NSF Financial Assistance awards (grants and cooperative agreements) made on or after October 1, 2024, will be subject to the applicable set of award conditions, dated October 1, 2024, available on the NSF website. These terms and conditions are consistent with the revised guidance specified in the OMB Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2024.

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Synopsis

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide. Jurisdictions are eligible to participate in the NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Program based on their level of total NSF support over their most recent five years (see EPSCoR eligibility). Through this program, NSF facilitates the establishment of partnerships among academic institutions and organizations in governmental, non-profit, and commercial or industrial sectors that are designed to effect sustainable improvements in a jurisdiction's research infrastructure, Research and Development (R&D) capacity, and hence, its R&D competitiveness.

RII Track-1 awards provide up to $20 million total over five years to support research-driven improvements to jurisdictions’ physical and cyber infrastructure and human capital development in topical areas selected by the jurisdiction's EPSCoR steering committee as having the best potential to improve future R&D competitiveness. The project’s research and capacity-building activities must align with the specific research priorities identified in the submitting jurisdiction’s approved Science and Technology (S&T) Plan. Refer to Sections II and V.A.4.1 below for more information on alignment of the research and capacity-building activities of the project with the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research priorities of the S&T Plan.

Program contacts

Jeanne R. Small
jsmall@nsf.gov (703) 292-8623 OD/OIA
Pinhas Ben-Tzvi
pbentzvi@nsf.gov (703) 292-8246 OD/OIA
Jose Colom-Ustariz
jcolom@nsf.gov (703) 292-7088 OD/OIA
Andrea Johnson
andjohns@nsf.gov (703) 292-5164 OD/OIA
Casonya M. Johnson
casjohns@nsf.gov 7032922658 OD/OIA
Eric W. Lindquist
elindqui@nsf.gov (703) 292-7127
JD Swanson
jswanson@nsf.gov (703) 292-2898 TIP/ITE
Chinonye Nnakwe Whitley
cwhitley@nsf.gov (703) 292-8458

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