On February 24, 2020, members of the EPSCoR/IDeA community gathered in Washington, D.C., for the annual meeting of the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation. The EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition, created in 1988, is a not-for-profit 501(c)(4) organization that works to address the geographic imbalance of federal research awards and to increase congressional appropriations for the EPSCoR/IDeA programs. The EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) non-lobbying organization, supports the goals of the Coalition, working with individual states and federal agencies that oversee EPSCoR/IDeA programs. The Foundation works to ensure accurate, coordinated communications efforts from the states about the effectiveness of the EPSCoR/IDeA programs. The annual meeting serves to launch Coalition and Foundation priorities and initiatives for the year.