OK NSF EPSCoR
Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR’s overarching goal is to increase the state’s research competitiveness through strategic support of research instruments and facilities, research collaborations, integrated education and research programs.
Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR State Advisory Committee
The Oklahoma EPSCoR Advisory Committee was codified by statute as an advisory committee to the State Regents in July 2000. The committee, which is chaired by the chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, is made up of esteemed members of business, government and academia.
Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR External Advisory Committee
The Oklahoma State EPSCoR Advisory Committee has appointed an External Advisory Committee (EAC) in support of the Socially Sustainable Solutions for Water, Carbon, and Infrastructure Resilience in Oklahoma project (NSF award #OIA-1946093). The eight-member EAC is made up of discipline-specific experts who are also leaders in business, industry, and academia.
Postsecondary Outreach
OK EPSCoR supports initiatives that encourage college students to select and ultimately remain in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Recruitment and retention of postsecondary students in STEM fields are vital to building human research infrastructure in Oklahoma.
Faculty Development
EPSCoR supports the recruitment of new STEM faculty members by Oklahoma institutions and offers opportunities for faculty development through seed funding, research opportunities, conferences, workshops and mentorship of junior faculty. Other faculty development opportunities include Research Opportunity Awards, OK EPSCoR State Conferences and NSF Grants Workshops.
Funding Programs
The U.S. National Science Foundation EPSCoR program pursues a mission to enhance the research competitiveness of targeted jurisdictions (state, territory or commonwealth) by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) capacity and capability through a diverse portfolio of investments, from talent development to local infrastructure.
Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR provides seed funding that will enable researchers in Oklahoma to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.
The OK-INBRE program strengthens biomedical research capacity and research infrastructure by providing research support to faculty at Oklahoma higher education institutions, institutional infrastructure through major research instrumentation, as well as training, research experiences and career enhancement activities for undergraduate and graduate students across the state.
The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) supports competitive basic, clinical, and translational research, faculty development and infrastructure improvements.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is a federal-state partnership program designed to enhance the capabilities of designated states and territories to conduct sustainable and nationally competitive energy-related research.
The Department of Defense DEPSCoR is a capacity building program designed to strengthen the research infrastructure at institutions of higher education in underutilized States/Territories.