South Carolina NSF/EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement

9630167奥多姆提高科学技术研究质量的主要策略是：1)在目标研究领域增加新的终身教职员工；2)研究生支持；3)加强学术研究人员与工业界同事之间联系的项目。这将增加州主要研究型大学在联邦和私营部门研发资金方面的竞争力。根据其科学价值和高回报和成功的潜力，选择了三个多学科研究领域进行加强。分别是：运输系统结构接头强度评价与提高的力学与材料研究；聚合物/材料界面的基础研究：光学传感专业青年教师发展建议信号转导的跨学科项目。南卡罗来纳还将与另外两个nsf资助的项目建立伙伴关系——全州系统倡议（SSI）和少数民族参与联盟（AMP）项目，以鼓励少数民族学生在科学、工程和数学领域从事职业。

9630167 Odom The major strategies to yield permanent improvements in the quality of science and technology research that will increase the competitiveness of the State's major research universities for federal and private sector R&D funds are: 1) the addition of new tenure track faculty in targeted research areas, 2) graduate student support, and 3) programs to increase linkages between academic researchers and their industrial colleagues. Three multi- disciplinary research areas have been selected for enhancement based on their scientific merit and potential for high payoff and success. They are: Mechanics and Materials Research to Evaluate and Improve the Strength of Structural Joints in Transportation Systems; Fundamental Studies at Polymer/Material Interfaces: A Junior Faculty Development Proposal in Optical Sensing; and An Interdisciplinary Program in Signal Transduction. Partnerships with two other NSF-funded initiatives in South Carolina-the Statewide Systemic Initiative (SSI) and Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) programs will also be established to increase the number of minority students being encouraged to pursue careers in science, engineering and mathematics fields.