Louisiana EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement

[9720652]德拉亚路易斯安那州EPSCoR的目标是：(1)在获得国家研究与发展（R&amp；D）支持方面更具竞争力；(2)更积极地参与与商业和工业的科学技术（S&amp；T）转移活动；(3)在本科和研究生阶段更有效地教育更多的S&amp；E学生，特别是少数民族。该州计划的基石是路易斯安那州教育质量支持基金。结合支持基金资金和EPSCoR的支持，路易斯安那州校务委员会（BoR）与联邦机构共同发起了全州范围的项目，重点是刺激系统和可持续的标准与技术改进，促进合作和资源共享，以及改善学生的教学和机会。目标是研发领域，帮助发展和加强国家和民族的经济。一个主要目标将是扩大和加强一项创新计划，该计划获得了10年的承诺：联合教师任命计划（JFAP）。JFAP在该州历史上的黑人（HB）和多数白人（MW）学院和大学（cu）之间建立了具有全国竞争力的标准与电子研究团队。此外，政府亦会增设六个卓越研究小组，以及两个年度卓越研究小组科学教育奖，以加强教育工作。此外，为了将来自不同校园的研究人员聚集在一起，专注于共同感兴趣的s&p；E问题，“重大倡议计划资助”项目将每年颁发两笔6万美元的资助，用于建立选区和准备NSF重大倡议提案。另一种形式的合作——研究人员和工业界——计划大幅扩大，计划评估和减轻该州商业化进程的障碍，审查大学商业化政策，制定全州范围的商业化计划和高等教育s&p；E商业化课程。通过将现有的或计划中的全州范围内的沟通渠道置于教师和学生的处置中，将加强合作努力。这些包括：(1)音频/视频研究网络，即将在13个地点建立；(2) ATM互联网骨干网；(3)教师专业知识数据库，最终包括路易斯安那州主要研究设施和仪器的清单；(4)电子化研究管理计划，使拨款及合约管理活动自动化。

9720652 Draayer The objectives of Louisiana EPSCoR are to become: (1) more competitive in gaining national research and development (R&D) support, (2) more actively engaged in science and technology (S&T) transfer activities with business and industry, and (3) more effective in educating larger numbers of S&E students, especially minorities, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The cornerstone of the State's plan is the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund. Combining Support Fund money with EPSCoR support, the Louisiana Board of Regents (BoR) co-sponsors statewide programs with federal agencies that focus on stimulating systemic and sustainable S&T improvements, facilitating collaboration and sharing of resources, and on improving student teaching and opportunities. Targeted are R&D areas that help develop and strengthen the economy of both the State and Nation. A major objective will be expansion and strengthening of an innovative program that received a 10-year BoR commitment: the Joint Faculty Appointments Program (JFAP). The JFAP establishments nationally competitive S&E research teams between the state's Historically Black (HB) and Majority White (MW) Colleges and Universities (CUs). Six additional JFAP/Research Excellence (RE) teams and two annual JFAP/Science Education (SE) awards for educational enhancement activities will be initiated. In addition, to bring researchers from different campuses together to focus on issues of common S&E interest, a "Planning Grants for Major Initiatives" program will award annually two $60K grants to build constituencies and prepare NSF major initiative proposals. Another form of collaboration - researchers and industry - is scheduled for significant expansion, with plans to assess and alleviate barriers to the state's commercialization process, review university commercialization policies and develop a statewide commercialization plan and higher education S&E commercialization curriculum. Collaborativ e efforts will be strengthened by placing existing or planned statewide communication avenues at the disposal of faculty and students. These include: (1) an Audio/ Video Research Network, soon to be at 13 sites; (2) an ATM Internet Backbone; (3) a Faculty Expertise Database, ultimately to include a listing of Louisiana's major research facilities and instruments; and (4) an Electronic Research Administration project to automate grant and contract administration activities.