EIF News is an open-access resource for all members of the EPSCoR/IDeA community, featuring news, events, opportunities and other items relevant to the EPSCoR funding agencies (DOW, DOE, NASA, NSF, USDA), IDeA funding components (COBRE, IDeA-CTR, INBRE, I-RED, Co-Funding), and EPSCoR and IDeA-eligible jurisdictions nationwide.
April 21: House lawmakers raise concerns over proposed federal publishing fee ban • Cancer research extends beyond the lab for University of Kentucky public health student • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
April 17: NSF announces 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards • Apply for NSF FINDERS FOUNDRY • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
April 1: White House names new PCAST members • Funding uncertainty continues for university research programs • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
March 25: DOE reorganizes Office of Science • Introducing the Genesis Mission Partnership Exchange • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
March 23: Special Focus - Engineering Opportunities for EPSCoR Jurisdictions Informational Webinar
March 18: Dr. Jay Bhattacharya testifies at NIH oversight hearing before House panel • Request for Applications Now Open for the Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
March 10: Update from the EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition • Science Works Here - Episode 1: Dr. Polly Ericksen • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
March 6: A message from the Director • Seville Receives W. Fred Taylor Award for Contributions to NIH IDeA Program • DOE Announces EPSCoR Notice of Funding Opportunity • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
February 17: NSF launches $100M National Quantum and Nanotechnology Research Infrastructure program • NSF announces first AI-ENGAGE awards to modernize global agriculture • DOE’s Office of Science is now Accepting Applications for Graduate Student Research Awards • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
February 5: Trump signs $1.2T funding bill to end shutdown, extend DHS funding two weeks • Free-roaming horse study reveals diverse diets through genetic testing • ‘Deeply Meaningful’: UM Names First Female Dean of W.A. Franke College of Forestry • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
January 26: Special Focus - 2026 Annual Update Submissions Due Feb 9
January 23: House Rules Committee advances three-bill spending package • Rescheduled 2025 NSF EPSCoR PI Meeting to be held virtually January 28 • New ERVA Report -Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
January 14: NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan • Appeals court upholds ruling to block NIH proposal capping indirect research costs at 15% • House advances science funding package, moving to reject proposed Trump cuts • upcoming events, jurisdictional highlights, funding opportunities & more!
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