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Alabama NASA EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)
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The Goal of Alabama NASA EPSCoR is to provide seed funding to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.
EPSCoR Objectives:
–Contribute to and promote the development of research infrastructure in NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission;
–Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program;
–Develop partnerships between NASA research assets, academic institutions, and industry;
–Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and/or economic development of the jurisdiction; and
–Work in close coordination with Space Grant to improve the environment for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in the jurisdiction.
EPSCoR Components:
Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Awards
Alabama NASA EPSCoR 2011 Factsheet