Department of Defense - Defense EPSCoR (DEPSCoR)

The Defense EPSCoR (DEPSCoR) program aims to:

 Improve the capabilities of institutes of higher education (IHEs) in eligible EPSCoR states and territories to develop, plan, and execute S&E research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD and competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; and

Increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHE in eligible states/territories receive from the Federal Government for S&E research.