News Archives: March, 2023
NSF: Building Bridges to Use-Inspired Research and Science-Informed Practices
NSF invites you to participate in a workshop aiming to strengthen partnerships among academic, private, and government organizations. Supported by NSF BIO, EPSCoR, and TIP, this workshop will build new connections among key biological sciences communities to successfully conduct use-inspired research.
DEPSCoR releases 2023 FOAs
Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) is happy to announce that two FY23 FOAs are now available on grants.gov: DEPSCoR - Research Collaboration (FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0008) and DEPSCoR - Capacity Building (FOA-AFRL-AFOSR-2023-0007).
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Event: Presidential Budget Release
EIF Executive Director Jessica Molesworth attended the Presidential Budget Release Event at the White House yesterday morning, March 13. The event highlighted science, technology and innovation investments in President Biden’s recently released FY2024 Budget Request. Speakers included:
New NSF-Australia awards will tackle responsible and ethical artificial intelligence (feat. Nebraska)
NSF, in partnership with Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, has announced grants totaling $1.8 million on the US side and $2.3 million on the Australian side to accelerate groundbreaking research in responsible and ethical artificial intelligence solutions to societal challenges, including pandemic preparedness, drought resilience and harmful environmental emissions.
Award Winner: Joseph G. Danek Award for recognizing service to the EPSCoR Community — Jeppie Compton (NASA EPSCoR)
In 2015, the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and Foundation Boards approved “the Danek Award,” given in the name of the “father of EPSCoR,” Dr. Joe Danek, to recognize individuals who develop the best ideas to resolve research disparity. In the words of Dr. Bill Gern, then Chair of the EIC Board of Directors, the Danek award would be presented before the EPSCoR/IDeA community to an awardee who “has established a long-term commitment to the ideals and goals which EPSCoR represents befitting for awarding of the prize.”
Award Winner: W. Fred Taylor Award for Outstanding Contributions to the NIH IDeA Program – Larry Cornett (Arkansas INBRE)
This annual award is given by the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and Foundation Boards and is intended to recognize an individual who has contributed significantly to enhancing the impact of the NIH IDeA Program either regionally or nationally. The award is intended to honor the commitment of Dr. W. Fred Taylor during his 20 years of service at NIH to expand opportunities for students, faculty and institutions in states and territories that have had historically low levels of NIH funding for biomedical research.