EPSCoR Programs

The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) partners with states that have historically received smaller amounts of federal research and development funds to enhance science and engineering research, education, and technological capabilities. Through EPSCoR, participating states are building a high-quality academic research base to serve as a backbone of scientific and technological enterprise.

Wyoming EPSCoR partners with the National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), NASA, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Energy (DoE), and Department of Defense (DoD). 

Programs

 

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COBRE

Wyoming Sensory Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (WSBC) Phase II

Established in September, 2017, the WSBC is a phase I center of biomedical research excellence program (COBRE) funded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of National Institutes of Health (NIH). The primary mission of the SBC is to foster and conduct high-quality scientific research that advances the understanding of our sensory systems and disorders related to them [read more].

 

Sensory biology Center

 

 

 

 

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NSF EPSCoR

Wyoming Anticipating the Climate-Water Transition

WyACT is pushing the boundaries of how science is use-inspired and co-produced through the lens of climate impacts on the water cycle. Western Wyoming mountains are headwater regions for major river basins. Changes will impact the region as well as densely populated downstream regions.

 

WyACT

 

 

 

 

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Wyoming INBRE

IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence

Following on previous INBREs, the long-term goal of WY INBRE-5 is to establish and sustain a statewide network for biomedical research and excellence. The Specific Aims of the program are to: 1) build on the established multi-disciplinary research network that will strengthen biomedical research expertise, education, and infrastructure at the University of Wyoming (UW) and its partner CCs; 2) provide a Student Research Program (SRP) for Wyoming undergraduate students that will increase interest and enrollment in academic programs and opportunities to continue in biomedical and health science education and research careers within IDeA states; 3) build and increase the research base and capacity of UW and its partner institutions by providing research support to faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students; and 4) Expand Wyoming research opportunities across other IDeA programs and the IDeA Western Region.

 

INBRE