Planning Grant for EPSCoR Missouri

EPSCoR 密苏里州规划拨款

• 批准号: 1226306
• 负责人: John Walker
• 金额: $ 24.98万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1226306&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; EPSCoR; Missouri

This EPSCoR planning grant will identify the most powerful points of leverage for building Missouri's research and technology enterprise. The NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-1 (RII Track-1) proposal will use those leverage points to develop and sustain a national leadership role.The EPSCoR governing committee will solicit concept papers and convene stakeholder discussions to define research themes and inform the plans for cyberinfrastructure, external engagement, workforce development, diversity, evaluation and assessment, and sustainability. The EPSCoR team will work with state officials to finalize the Science and Technology Plan. The governing committee will ensure all stakeholders are fairly represented, and an external advisory board and experienced EPSCoR consultant will guide the planning process.Intellectual Merit. The focal area for EPSCoR Missouri will be biosciences as supported by cyberinfrastructure. This focus was determined by examining comprehensive research on Missouri's job and wealth generation potential, relevant support services, educational opportunities, research activity, recent events, infrastructure, and stakeholder input. The research identified seven "target clusters" as key to Missouri's economic development, and NSF funding across these clusters points very clearly to a state-wide strength in the biosciences. The biosciences are increasingly dependent on the ability to manage, mine and store very large datasets, that can traverse widely divergent phylogenies and span molecular, cellular and population scales. Missouri's overall cyberinfrastructure, however, limits further growth in bioscience research. With the opportunity to increase the power and breadth of the state's cyberinfrastructure, Missouri scientists can expand work in areas of strength - among them modeling of protein structure, metabolic networks and ecological interactions.Broader Impacts. The Missouri EPSCoR planning process will build a network of stakeholders who are invested in education and workforce development initiatives. This network will include all relevant research, education, government, and industry stakeholders as we increase collaborative capabilities through better communication and cyberinfrastructure, and plan for a sustainable steady state through an RII Track-1 award. With 34 institutions of higher education (including top-notch private universities, a Research-I land grant university, an HBCU and a large network of 2- and 4-year institutions) and world-class research centers and industry, Missouri can become a national leader in bioscience, producing and sustaining a diverse STEM workforce.

EPSCoR 的这项规划拨款将确定建设密苏里州研究和技术企业的最有力的杠杆点。 NSF 研究基础设施改进计划：Track-1 (RII Track-1) 提案将利用这些杠杆点来发展和维持国家领导作用。EPSCoR 管理委员会将征求概念文件并召集利益相关者讨论，以定义研究主题并告知网络基础设施、外部参与、劳动力发展、多样性、评估和可持续性计划。 EPSCoR 团队将与州官员合作最终确定科学技术计划。管理委员会将确保所有利益相关者得到公平的代表，外部顾问委员会和经验丰富的 EPSCoR 顾问将指导规划过程。智力优势。 EPSCoR Missouri 的重点领域将是由网络基础设施支持的生物科学。这一重点是通过审查对密苏里州就业和财富创造潜力、相关支持服务、教育机会、研究活动、近期事件、基础设施和利益相关者投入的综合研究来确定的。该研究确定了密苏里州经济发展的关键七个“目标集群”，而国家科学基金会对这些集群的资助非常清楚地表明了全州生物科学领域的实力。生物科学越来越依赖于管理、挖掘和存储非常大的数据集的能力，这些数据集可以跨越广泛不同的系统发育并跨越分子、细胞和群体规模。然而，密苏里州的整体网络基础设施限制了生物科学研究的进一步发展。通过增加该州网络基础设施的力量和广度的机会，密苏里州的科学家可以扩大优势领域的工作，其中包括蛋白质结构、代谢网络和生态相互作用的建模。更广泛的影响。密苏里州 EPSCoR 规划流程将建立一个投资于教育和劳动力发展计划的利益相关者网络。该网络将包括所有相关的研究、教育、政府和行业利益相关者，因为我们通过更好的沟通和网络基础设施来提高协作能力，并通过 RII Track-1 奖项规划可持续的稳定状态。密苏里州拥有 34 所高等教育机构（包括一流的私立大学、一所研究型土地赠款大学、一所 HBCU 以及由 2 年制和 4 年制院校组成的大型网络）以及世界一流的研究中心和工业，可以成为生物科学领域的国家领导者，培养和维持多元化的 STEM 劳动力。