The U. S. National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems Research Infrastructure Improvement Program (E-CORE RII) team is hosting virtual office hours to answer questions from researchers and research administrators in NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions, who intend to submit research proposals in response to the E-CORE RII solicitation (NSF 25-523). They are welcome to join this session to engage in Q&A with EPSCoR program officers.

E-CORE supports jurisdictions in building significant and sustainable research capacity and research infrastructure for targeted areas of focus, hereinafter referred to as “cores”, that underlie a jurisdiction's research ecosystem.

E-CORE projects must be designed to support the sustainability of the research infrastructure cores beyond the award period with non-EPSCoR RII funds. Projects will also support the development and growth of new jurisdictional networks, and the leveraging of existing jurisdictional networks, to drive demonstrable and sustainable impacts.

Register for this and subsequent office hours!