The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA) (S. 3084) signed Jan 7, 2017 changed the “E” in EPSCoR.
(Sec. 103) The bill renames the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research as the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and revises program requirements.
The Montana Institute on Ecosystems and partners have released the Montana Climate Assessment (MCA). The Montana Climate Assessment (MCA) is a product of the Montana University System’s Montana Institute on Ecosystems, in collaboration with the Montana Climate Office, Montana Water Center, and MSU Extension.The MCA, the first in a series of assessments, focuses on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana’s vital…
On August 22, 2016 NSF EPSCoR announced Track-2 awards. Designed to build multi-jurisdictional collaborations, these awards cover two priorities: Research into fundamental questions about the brain and Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Montana was awarded to work on 2 Track-2 projects. The first is a $6M research project led by Montana State University’s Benjamin Poulter (PI)…
NSF has released the solicitation for the 2023 RII Track-1. 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.
Montana Innovators joined Governor Schweitzer and MSU President Waded Cruzado on August 28th for a high-level panel discussion about investing in and fostering Montana’s innovation-driven economy, followed by an awards dinner celebrating select Montana companies for excellence in innovation. Panelists included Dan Berglund, President and CEO of the State Science and Technology Institute, a non-profit…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five jurisdictions nearly $20 million each through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which builds research and development capacity in states that demonstrate a commitment to research but have thus far lacked the levels of investment seen in other parts of the country. Funded jurisdictions are…
The August 10 workshop, developed by MSU’s Extended University, was part of a public outreach program of Montana NSF EPSCoR called Climate In My Backyard (CLIMB). Participants learned how researchers within the Montana University System and the new Montana Institute on Ecosystems are using GPS/GIS to study everything from noxious weeds to water quality, and…