25th NSF EPSCoR National Conference

刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EPSCoR）举办全国会议，将所有EPSCoR管辖区的代表聚集在一起，讨论促进EPSCoR目标的战略，以建立STEM研究和教育能力，以提高其国家竞争力。这个两年一次的活动是EPSCoR项目主管和参与者讨论地方、州、国家和国际层面的机遇和挑战的论坛，以及EPSCoR如何共同为科学和工程研究和教育的进步做出贡献。本次会议还将展示由NSF EPSCoR资助的项目成果。第25届EPSCoR全国会议将于2017年11月5日至8日在蒙大拿州米苏拉举行，预计约有300-400名与会者。本次会议由蒙大拿州EPSCoR组织，重点是定义EPSCoR在NSF中的独特作用，以及该计划的结构和方法如何在参与司法管辖区内外推进国家研究企业。第25届全国EPSCoR会议的主题是“NSF EPSCoR的独特作用”。会议旨在解决以下问题：EPSCoR项目与其他NSF项目有何不同？EPSCoR如何提高有效性和对新的国家需求的预期？EPSCoR管辖区如何有效利用现有结构来推进其研究目标？全国会议将展示长期的、高影响力的项目，并探讨使这些项目在科学和经济发展方面取得长期成功的要素和战略。会议活动和会议将突出EPSCoR模式在确定研究优先事项方面的新颖性，并调查该模式范围内的广泛方法和结果。将组织活动以促进方案评估，以便确定突出的因素以及有改进余地的领域。本次会议将有助于建立一个强大的、协作的EPSCoR社区，在国家舞台上与NSF EPSCoR目标保持一致，做出重大贡献并具有良好的竞争力。会议活动与目标一致，包括全体会议和分组会议。为期两天的会议将举行学生海报会议，重点介绍由NSF EPSCoR RII奖推动的研究和教育成果。会议还将举行会前研讨会，讨论EPSCoR面向代表性不足的少数民族的外联和教育项目的方法和机会。

Non-technical Description The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) holds National Conferences that bring representatives from all EPSCoR jurisdictions together to discuss strategies to promote EPSCoR goals of building STEM research and education capacity to increase their national competitiveness. This biennial event is a forum for EPSCoR project directors and participants to discuss opportunities and challenges at the local, state, national, and international levels and how EPSCoR efforts can collectively contribute to the advancement of science and engineering research and education. This meeting also showcases results from projects funded by NSF EPSCoR. The 25th National EPSCoR Conference will be held in Missoula, Montana from November 5-8, 2017 and is expected to have about 300-400 attendees. This meeting is organized by Montana EPSCoR with a focus on defining the unique role of EPSCoR within the NSF and how the program's structure and approach advance the national research enterprise within and beyond the participating jurisdictions. Technical Description The theme for the 25th National EPSCoR Conference is "The Unique Role of NSF EPSCoR". The conference aims to tackle questions such as: What does the EPSCoR program do differently than other NSF Programs? How can EPSCoR improve in effectiveness and anticipation of new national needs? How can EPSCoR jurisdictions effectively capitalize on existing structures to further their research aims? The National Conference will showcase long-term, high-impact programs and explore the elements and strategies that make them successful over the long-term in their capacity for scientific and economic advancement. Conference activities and sessions will highlight the novelty of the EPSCoR model for setting research priorities and survey the broad range of approaches and results within the scope of this model. Activities will be organized to facilitate program assessment in order to identify elements that are outstanding as well as areas that hold room for improvement. This conference will help build a strong, collaborative EPSCoR community that contributes significantly and competes well on the national arena in alignment with NSF EPSCoR goals. The conference activities are aligned with the objectives and consist of plenary and break-out sessions. A student poster session will run through two days of the meeting and will highlight results from the research and education facilitated by NSF EPSCoR RII awards. The meeting will also feature a pre-conference workshop on approaches and opportunities for EPSCoR outreach and education programs targeting under-represented minority populations.