EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations Program (FEC)
Funds research teams spanning at least two EPSCoR states or territories, on a shared problem neither could tackle as well alone.
This is EPSCoR's collaboration programme, formerly known as Track-2. NSF is required to promote scientific progress nationwide, and EPSCoR is how it builds research capacity in the jurisdictions that historically receive least.
The defining condition is geographic. A project must bring together researchers from at least two EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions whose expertise and resources complement ea…
Interjurisdictional research collaborations between investigators in at least two EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions, in STEM focus areas consistent with NSF's strategic plan, addressing a challenge neither party could tackle as well or as rapidly alone while building lasting research capacity.
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