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Idaho's New $15 Million Research Infrastructure
Improvement (RII) Award: Water Resources in a Changing Climate
September 12, 2008 - As announced today by Lt. Governor
Risch, Idaho EPSCoR has received the largest National Science
Foundation grant ever awarded to Idaho. The Idaho NSF EPSCoR Research
Infrastructure Improvement (RII) project is a 5-year, $15 million
award focused on building research capacity at Idaho's public
universities - University of Idaho, Boise State University, and Idaho
State University - related to Water Resources in a Changing Climate.
Click Here to Learn More!
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Highlight: Hydrogeology
for the Young at Heart
EPSCoR works to expand the scientific literacy of Idaho's
citizens. Professor Molly Gribb and colleagues from Boise State
University have helped hundreds of children to understand how
aquifers work by building miniature representations in clear cups.
Children add ice (fractured rock), soda (groundwater), ice cream
(confining layer), and chocolate sprinkles (soil), and then watch
the water level change as they "pump" from the aquifer using a
straw (well). A memorable lesson indeed!
Photo Courtesy of Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality
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What is EPSCoR?
EPSCoR
represents a federal-state partnership
to enhance the science and engineering research, education, and technology
capabilities of states that traditionally have received smaller amounts of
federal R&D funds. Through EPSCoR, participating states are building a
high-quality, academic research base that is serving as a backbone of scientific and technological (S&T) enterprise.
Idaho
EPSCoR currently is led by an
EPSCoR Committee composed of
16 members with
diverse professional backgrounds from both the public and private
sectors and from all regions of the state.
The EPSCoR Committee reports to the Governor's Office and
receives matching funds via the
Higher
Education Research Council (HERC).
The Idaho EPSCoR office and the State of Idaho EPSCoR Project
Director are located at the University of Idaho, and partner
institutions are Boise State University and Idaho State University.
EPSCoR
increases the R&D competitiveness of an eligible state by
developing and using the S&T resources in its major research
institutions (those that grant significant numbers of the
state's Ph.D. degrees in science and engineering disciplines) and
partner institutions
(more
information about the S&T environment in Idaho). EPSCoR achieves this by:
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Stimulating
sustainable S&T infrastructure improvements at the state and
institutional levels to increase the ability of EPSCoR
researchers to compete for Federal and private sector R&D
funding.
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Accelerating the movement of EPSCoR researchers
and institutions into the mainstream of Federal and private
sector R&D support.
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Recent Material
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NSF Regional Grants Conference, October 20-21, 2008, Omaha, NE
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NSF Merit Review website is available to help you better understand
the review process as well as identify resources for additional
information
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Recent
News Releases
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Invite NSF Program Managers to Visit Idaho
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