NSF announces 2024 E-CORE RII awards

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded teams from South Dakota, New Hampshire and Maine roughly $8 million each through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-CORE RII) to enhance their state’s research and development competitiveness and promote scientific progress nationwide.

E-CORE awards:

• South Dakota – South Dakota Research Ecosystem Network: STEM Education, Community Engagement, and Broadening Participation 
• New Hampshire – New Hampshire Long-term Investment to Fuel Transformative research (NH-LIFT) 
• Maine – Strengthening Maine’s Research Ecosystem and Pathways Through Strategic Capacity Building (Maine-SMART)