Success Stories

NIH funding supported hundreds of jobs and significant economic activity in Hawaiʻi, highlighting the broader impact of federal research investment.

Langston University discusses the impact of the Kansas INBRE program, which provides Oklahoma undergraduate research opportunities and professional development in biomedical sciences.

Emily Spaulding, Ph.D., a Maine native and Assistant Professor at the MDI Biological Laboratory, has received a $2.3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how cells organize one of their most active internal structures — the nucleolus.

The award, from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences, will expand Spaulding’s research on this small structure inside the cell nucleus that builds ribosomes — the molecular machines that cells use to make proteins.

Nebraska EPSCoR announced the 2026 recipients of its Small College/University Undergraduate Research Experiences program.

A longtime University of Wyoming faculty member who led the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Program in Wyoming for many years has been honored nationally for his efforts.

Libby Metcalf, a University of Montana professor of forestry and co-lead of Montana NSF EPSCoR's Smart Fires project, recently was announced as dean of UM’s W.A. College of Forestry and Conservation. Metcalf becomes the first female dean in the college’s 112-year history, marking a milestone for Montana’s cornerstone forestry and conservation unit that delivers statewide and national impact.

DOE designates Idaho National Laboratory as its leading institution for critical research, development, and demonstration efforts concerning used nuclear fuel management.

Pips Veazey, inaugural director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway, is helping strengthen Maine’s research ecosystem by building new partnerships and expanding R&D networks statewide and nationally.

In this profile, she shares how her experience leading large, interdisciplinary initiatives is shaping the future of collaboration through Maine EPSCoR and the NSF E-CORE RII Maine-SMART project.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Engineering has secured a $37 million NASA contract to develop a state-of-the-art freezer that will enable the return of temperature-sensitive materials from the moon and the Gateway Space Station to Earth.

Belhaven University recently secured about $572,600 in external funding, including grants supported by the Mississippi INBRE and EPSCoR programs.