South Dakota EPSCoR Advanced Development Program: Infrastructure Improvement Plan

南达科他州的刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EPSCoR）由基础设施改善计划和两个研究集群组成。基础设施的改善将在跨学科和机构间参与的集群项目范围内进行。EPSCoR的改进将提高三个机构（南达科他州大学、南达科他州立大学和南达科他州矿业与技术学院）30多名教师的研究竞争力。主要研究方向为：(1)表面与界面化学；(2)生物过程的调控：膜的作用。该州的基础设施改善计划侧重于人力资源的开发，提供有利于竞争性研究的环境，以及在南达科他州建立科学研究的知名度。具体目标是：发展科学教师的数量和竞争力，通过竞争性招聘努力加强研究生课程，增加研究设备和支持人员，并建立科学家之间，科学家与决策者之间以及科学家与南达科他州公民之间的有效沟通系统。人力资源开发协调员将监督针对小学、初中和高中学生和教师的活动。将提供超过600万美元的非联邦州和机构资源，以确保该州EPSCoR在三年奖励期内的努力取得成功。

The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in the state of South Dakota EPSCoR consists of an infrastructure improvement plan and two research clusters. Infrastructure improvements will take place within the context of cluster projects which are interdisciplinary in scope and inter-institutional in involvement. EPSCoR improvements will enhance the research competitiveness of over 30 faculty at three institutions (the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology). The research cluster areas are: (1) Surface and Interfacial Chemistry and (2) Regulation of Biological Processes: The Role of Membranes. The state's infrastructure improvement plan focuses on the development of human resources, on providing an environment that is conducive to competitive research, and on building the visibility of scientific research in South Dakota. Specific objectives are: to develop science faculty in both numbers and competitiveness, to strengthen graduate programs through competitive recruiting efforts, to add research equipment and support personnel, and to establish an effective system for communication between scientists, between scientists and policy makers, and between scientists and the South Dakota citizenry. A Coordinator for Human Resources Development will oversee activities aimed at students and teachers in elementary, middle and high schools. Non-federal state and institutional resources of over $6 million will be contributed to ensure the success of the state's EPSCoR effort over the three year award period.