News Archives: April, 2022
EIF Board Chair published in The Conversation
Dr. Prakash Nagarkatti, Chair of the EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board, with his wife Dr. Mitzi Nagarkatti, Chair of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, recently had an article entitiled, “What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?” published in The Conversation on March 24.
DOE Announces Winners of Solar Forecasting Prize
The DOE has announced the winners of the American-Made Solar Forecasting Prize. The five winning teams, who will each receive $50,000, had the best-performing forecasting models and strongest plans to accelerate the adoption of probabilistic forecasts. The two runners-up will receive $25,000 each.
Statement by NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan on the President's FY23 budget
(March 28, 2022) The Biden-Harris administration has submitted to Congress the President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2023. The President’s budget, which includes $10.5 billion for the U.S. National Science Foundation, details his vision to expand on the historic progress the country has made over the last year and deliver the agenda he laid out in his State of the Union address – to build a better America, reduce the deficit, reduce costs for families, and grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out.