South Dakota EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement

9720642本菲尔德南达科他州的三所研究型大学，南达科他州州立大学、南达科他州大学和南达科他州矿业与技术学院，将合作开发基础设施，以提高个人调查人员的竞争力。该项目的另一个合作伙伴是地球资源观测系统(EROS)数据中心，这是一个位于该州的联邦设施。基础设施发展和共同资助将在三个科学领域和一个支持领域的背景下进行，所有这些领域都是因为它们与南达科他州经济的关系、该州科学人才的存在以及独立筹资的内在潜力。科学的重点领域是：(1)生物对胁迫的反应；(2)北部平原的地球物理过程；(3)21世纪的材料和工艺。支持技术领域是电信和信息技术。此外，还将开展基础设施建设活动。这些活动将包括：(1)新的教员启动费用，以帮助新教员为他们的研究建立实验室和购买科学设备；(2)专门为教员提供的调查员特别旅行奖，让他们前往华盛顿的资助机构讨论拨款机会和程序；(3)拉什莫尔会议，在南达科他州主办三个主要重点领域的全国会议，以及两个关于“科学中的美国原住民”和“作为企业家的科学家”的特别会议；(4)研究生奖学金，每年9个特别奖学金，以吸引最好的学生来到南达科他州；(5)本科生研究奖学金，每年支持30名本科生参与暑期研究；(6)与北达科他州联合实施工业实习计划；(7)每年在北达科他州举行一次州EPSCoR会议，包括1999年与北达科他州联合会议；(8)研讨会系列，使每个主要焦点小组每年能够接待两名全国演讲者，将他们带到一个校园，并向其他学校互动广播他们的访问；(9)提案增强计划，向向主要外部资助机构提交提案的教职员工提供小额补助金，以及提案撰写研讨会；以及(10)设备基金，用于购买与上述重点领域相关的最先进的研究仪器，这将使南达科他州的教师能够开展有竞争力的研究。

9720642 Benfield The three South Dakota research universities, South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, will collaborate to develop infrastructure that promotes competitiveness on the part of individual investigators. Another partner in this project is the Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, a federal facility located in the state. Infrastructure development and co-funding endorsement will be in the context of three scientific areas and one supporting area, all chosen for their relationship to the South Dakota economy, for the existence of scientific talent in the state, and for the inherent potential for independent fundability. The scientific focus areas are: (1) Biological Response to Stress; (2) Geophysical Processes of the Northern Plains; and (3) Materials and Processes for the 21st Century. The supporting technical area is telecommunications and information technology. In addition, infrastructure development activities will be carried out. Such activities will include: (1) new faculty start- up costs to assist new faculty members in establishing laboratories for their research and for purchasing scientific equipment; (2) investigator special travel awards provided specifically for faculty to travel to funding agencies in Washington to discuss grant opportunities and procedures; (3) Rushmore Conferences to host a national conference in South Dakota in each of the three primary focus areas as well as two special conferences on "Native Americans in Science," and "The Scientist as Entrepreneur;" (4) graduate fellowships, nine special fellowships each year to attract the best students to South Dakota; (5) undergraduate research fellowships, to support a total of 30 undergraduates every year in summer research involvement; (6) a joint industry program with North Dakota to place students in industrial internships; (7) an annual state EPSCoR conference held in the st ate, including a joint conference with North Dakota in 1999; (8) a seminar series, enabling each primary focus group to host two national speakers per year by bringing them to one campus and broadcasting their visit interactively to the other schools; (9) a proposal enhancement program to provide small grants to faculty who submit proposals to major external funding agencies, coupled with proposal-writing workshops; and (10) equipment funds to purchase state-of-the-art research instrumentation related to the above focus areas, which will permit South Dakota faculty to carry out competitive research.