The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1979. The program goal: to strengthen U.S. research and education in science and engineering.
In 1991-92, other federal agencies formed similar EPSCoR programs. States qualifying for NSF EPSCoR funds are then eligible to apply for EPSCoR funds from other federal agencies.
In 2004, the National Science Foundation designated New Hampshire an EPSCoR state. That designation qualified N.H. researchers to apply for other federal agency EPSCoR funds.
New Hampshire's NASA EPSCoR is administerd through the University of New Hampshire.
Seven federal agencies now have EPSCoR programs: the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Dept. of Defense, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Dept. of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency. Link to NH EPSCoR organization.
A NH NASA EPSCoR Research Award integrates Earth Observations with Infectious Disease Ecology and Public Health in New Hampshire.
The premise: Environmental change in the 21st century will likely alter the pathogen-vector-host relationships of infectious diseases and have an impact on human health.
Eco-Epidemiology student posters
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