Nebraska EPSCoR Infrastructure Improvement Grant

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Nebraska EPSCoR, in cooperation and collaboration with research universities inthe state of Nebraska, seeks to build research infrastructures in several areas ofinformatics. The effort will be directed at three primary areas that are consistentwith the Nebraska EPSCoR Strategic plan as well as plans and strategicdirections of the participating universities including: (1) development of wired andwireless network technologies that will more effectively link ongoing inter-campusefforts within a secure distributed information infrastructure, (2) development of atest-bed to research next generation Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)systems architectures that are viable and efficient for e-commerce throughcollaboration with the private sector, (3) development of inter-campus capabilitiesin newly emerging research areas of bio-informatics and computational biology.The proposed infrastructure initiative in informatics complements the developinginformation technology industry in the state, involves scientists and engineersfrom four university campuses (University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), Universityof Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO), andCreighton University. It provides for an integrated plan to accomplish goals thatare considered crucial for establishing competitiveness in computational-basedinformatics research within the state of Nebraska. In addition to the majordevelopment effort for the interdisciplinary informatics infrastructures, theproposed project will greatly enhance the computational capabilities available toa broad range of fields of research and instruction.Additional components of the project will support educational activities andresearch experiences for underrepresented groups, internships for science andtechnology students to work in private industry, a small grants program for facultyearly in their careers, technical assistance and faculty travel, and outreach toother Nebraska colleges and universities.