About 91Ö±²¥EPSCoR
91Ö±²¥NSF EPSCoR is a statewide program for building Alaska's capacity for science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, to produce research outcomes that benefit Alaskans, enrich STEM education, and create a a robust STEM workforce pipeline.
NSF EPSCoR is the -- a nationwide research and education effort to enhance the research competitiveness of targeted jurisdictions (US state, territory or commonwealth) by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) capacity and capability through a portfolio of investments from talent development to local infrastructure. States and territories that have typically received less than 0.75% of the NSF's total national funding are eligible for EPSCoR funding. 91Ö±²¥is one of 28 states and territories with an NSF EPSCoR program.
91Ö±²¥has had an NSF EPSCoR program since 2001. Alaska’s current main source of EPSCoR funding is its 5-year project, titled “Interface of Change: Building collaborations to assess harvested and farmed marine species prioritized by Gulf of 91Ö±²¥communities facing environmental shifts." 91Ö±²¥EPSCoR is also supported by 91Ö±²¥state match funding.
