Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
The National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or NSF EPSCoR, was created in 1978 in response to broad public concerns about undue geographical concentration of federal funding of academic research and development.
Eligibility for EPSCoR participation is restricted to those jurisdictions that have historically received less federal R&D funding and have demonstrated a commitment to develop their research bases and to improve the quality of science, mathematics, and engineering research conducted at their universities and colleges. Kansas is among eighteen states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico currently participating in the program.
Department of Energy
Beth Montelone, K-State, State Director
DOE EPSCoR
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
L. Scott Miller, WSU, State Director
KNEP NASA EPSCoR State Office
National Institutes of Health IDEA Program
Douglas E. Wright, KUMC, State Director
Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence