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 NH Space Grant directorship at 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.
Dr. Antoinette Galvin, Chair
Dr. Cyndee Grunden, Dean CEPS, UNH
Mrs. Sherry Frost, State Representative
Mr. Peter Bird, BAE Systmes
Dr. Mark McConnell, Director SwRI-EOS
Dr. Robyn Millan, Dartmouth College