News Archives: June, 2021
NSF announces major investment in spectroscopy to advance critical imaging technologies
The U.S. National Science Foundation is advancing biomolecular research through the establishment of a geographically distributed Network for Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. This investment of $40 million is made through NSF's Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure II program, an NSF-wide effort to meet the research community's needs for modern research infrastructure to support science and engineering research.
2021 NSF EPSCoR Annual PI Meeting Materials Now Available
The Session Recordings and Presentations from the 2021 NSF EPSCoR annual PI Meeting held virtually May 17-21 are now available to view and download via the meeting website. See the Meeting Materials Page
Jessica Molesworth, EIF Executive Director, moderated the 10 am panel on Wednesday entitled, “EPSCoR Interagency Coordinating Committee Panel” which included representatives from the DOD, NASA, NIH and USDA-NIFA.
US-Canada partnership announced for collaboration in research and innovation
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, or NSERC, announced the first formal partnership between the agencies that support fundamental discovery research in the U.S. and Canada. The partnership paves the way for new collaborations between researchers in both countries to build inclusive partnerships at the frontiers of science and emerging technologies and fosters a shared commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion within the research enterprise.
EIF News and More
The EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation has created a biweekly newsletter featuring news, deadlines and events from the five different EPSCoR funding agencies and the five different IDeA programs, as well as highlights from the EPSCoR and IDeA jurisdictions.