NSF E-RISE Awards 2024

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $35 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Incubators for STEM Excellence Research Infrastructure Improvement (E-RISE RII) to boost research competitiveness, build partnerships across academic institutions and non-academic sectors and create workforce development opportunities.

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Awarded E-RISE projects:

• Enhancing Maine Forest Economy, Sustainability, and Technology (Maine-FOREST) Ecosystem To Accelerate Innovation
• Establishment of the Mississippi Nano-bio and ImmunoEngineering Consortium (NIEC)
• BioNitrogen Economy Research Center (BNERC)
• Research Center for Distributed Resilient and Emergent-Intelligence-Based Additive Manufacturing (DREAM)
• Driving AgTech Research and Education in Kentucky (DARE-KY) through Inclusive Network Building, Impactful Research, and Workforce Development for Soilless Food Systems