47.081: Office of Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research

Alternate Name: EPSCoR

Overview

Program Number

47.081

Status

Inactive

Agency

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Last Modified

Sept. 9, 2016

Date Posted

May 30, 2013

Objective

Due to an NSF realignment, activities funded by the EPSCoR program are reported within the Office of Internations and Integrative Activities, CFDA number 47.079, effective 05/20/2013

Type of Assistance

B - Project Grants

Applicant Eligibility

EPSCoR eligibility is based on two primary considerations: (1) a jurisdiction's demonstrated commitment to develop its research bases and to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research conducted at its universities and colleges, and (2) a jurisdiction's most recent three-year history of research funds awarded by NSF relative to the Foundation's total research budget for the same period. Regarding the second consideration, a jurisdiction is eligible to participate in EPSCoR programs if its level of research support is equal to or less than 0.75 percent of the total NSF research budget for that same period. Adjustments are made in the rare instances where a single large NSF-funded national or international facility skews the data.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Not applicable.

Related Programs

47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences

47.076 - Education and Human Resources

47.050 - Geosciences

47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences

47.074 - Biological Sciences

47.078 - Polar Programs

47.041 - Engineering

47.079 - Office of International Science and Engineering

47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering