K*STAR Grant for Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research in Kansas

促进竞争研究的实验计划 （EPSCoR）在堪萨斯州将使教师在 三个博士学位-授权大学共同研究四个 核心学科领域：（1）材料和化学科学;（2） 生物科学;（3）工程学;和（4）理论， 数学和计算机科学。 三所大学 参加的有：堪萨斯大学，堪萨斯 州立大学和威奇托州立大学。 国家 竞争力的研究基础将得到加强， 堪萨斯州科学和技术高级学院的支持 研究倡议，将促进对年轻人的指导 教师，提高质量和质量的研究生和 博士后研究生，并获得显着 一些研究仪器 活跃的堪萨斯 EPSCoR治理的参与者将包括重点大学 行政人员和州政府官员。 在三个- 堪萨斯州将在一年的奖励期内提供资金 870万美元用于确保EPSCoR工作的成功。

The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in the State of Kansas will bring the faculty at three Ph.D.-granting universities together to work on four core subject areas: (1) materials and chemical sciences; (2) biological sciences; (3) engineering; and (4) theoretical, mathematical and computer sciences. The three universities which will participate are: the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and Wichita State University. The State's competitive research base will be strengthened with the support of the Kansas State Science and Technology Advanced Research initiative which will foster mentoring of younger faculty, increase the quality and quality of graduate and postdoctorate research students, and acquire significant pieces of research instrumentation. Active Kansas participants in EPSCoR governance will include key university administrators and State government officers. Over the three- year award period the State of Kansas will contribute over $8.7 million to ensure the success of the EPSCoR effort.