Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
EPSCoR establishes partnerships with government, higher education and industry that are designed to effect lasting improvements in a state or region’s research infrastructure, research and development capacity, and its national research and development competitiveness.
EPSCoR Directors
By State and Jurisdiction
The EPSCoR program is directed at those jurisdictions that have not participated equably in competitive aerospace and aerospace-related research activities. Twenty-five states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam currently participate. Five federal agencies, including NASA, conduct EPSCoR programs.
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Research and Development
NASA awards funding to universities and organizations across the country for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission.
The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program supports science and technology research and development at colleges and universities in areas, such as remote sensing, artificial intelligence, astrophysics and aeronautics. All of these are applicable to NASA’s work in Earth science, aeronautics, and human and robotic deep space exploration.
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Research Fellows
EPSCoR is designed to fulfill the mandate of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to promote scientific progress nationwide.
EPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fellows (formerly knowns as EPSCoR RII Track – 4) provides awards to build research capacity in institutions and transform the career trajectories of investigators and further develop their individual research potential through collaborations with investigators from the nation’s premier private, governmental, or academic research centers.
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EPSCoR Rapid Response Research (R3) FY 2025
The following Appendix to EONS-2024 has been released: Appendix 15: Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Rapid Response Research (R3), FY 2025. All proposals submitted in response to this NOFO shall be submitted electronically via NSPIRES. Hard-copy proposals will not be accepted. Electronic proposals must be submitted in their entirety by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on February 26, 2025.
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NASA Funding Opportunities
NASA Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System
Supporting research in science and technology is an important part of NASA's overall mission.
NASA solicits this research through the release of various announcements in a wide range of disciplines. NASA uses a peer review process to evaluate and select proposals submitted in response to these announcements. Researchers can help NASA achieve national science and technology objectives by submitting proposals and conducting awarded projects.
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