Oklahoma EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement

9720651威廉姆斯EPSCoR计划对提高俄克拉荷马州研究人员的竞争力和俄克拉荷马州大学科学和技术研究的地位起到了重大刺激作用。俄克拉何马州立大学和三所综合性大学(俄克拉荷马大学及其健康科学中心、俄克拉荷马州立大学和塔尔萨大学)已表明致力于发展他们的研究基地，并提高他们的科学、数学和工程研究的质量。俄克拉荷马州EPSCoR将专注于三个科学和技术中心：俄克拉荷马州生物技术网络；俄克拉荷马州中间网环境应用中心；以及光子和电子材料和设备中心。俄克拉荷马州生物技术网络将强调对核心设施的技术支持，技术研讨会作为主要的推广机制，以及在生物信息学、质谱学和DNA芯片技术方面选定的新举措。俄克拉荷马州中间网环境应用中心是一个由俄克拉荷马州114个自动化环境监测点组成的网络，通过无线电链路将数据转发到中心位置，将强调中间网数据的可及性和可用性，在诺曼垃圾填埋场周围增加中间网站和传感器，并将在俄克拉荷马州西部开发一个空气生物传感器网络。光子和电子材料和设备中心将强调竞争前的应用研究项目，以建立与私营部门公司的联系，并将为研究设施和选定的设备升级提供支助。合作协议的目标是使三个中心自给自足，并在授权期结束时使它们从EPSCoR的支持中毕业。这将通过向中心的基本研究基础设施提供支持、通过有选择地为新倡议提供资金以及通过支持研究推广和项目开发来实现。这些举措将旨在从联邦、州、机构和私人来源获得研究项目和研究基础设施的非EPSCoR支持。大容量计算机网络方面的联合筹资计划将支持正在进行的努力和扩大俄克拉荷马州网络能力的新计划。与中心和网络目标相辅相成的是：支持研究拓展和提案制定；通过技术展示将大学研究人员和私营部门聚集在一起；促进公众和立法机构对大学研究的认识的计划；高级研究人员与州领导人互动的新的院士计划；以及人力资源计划，包括两次女性参与科学会议和一项创业计划。

9720651 Williams The EPSCoR program has served as a major stimulus to improvements in the competitiveness of Oklahoma researchers and the status of university science and technology research in Oklahoma. The state and the three comprehensive universities (The University of Oklahoma and its Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma State University, and The University of Tulsa) have demonstrated a commitment to develop their research bases and to improve the quality of their science, mathematics, and engineering research. Oklahoma EPSCoR will focus on three Science and Technology Centers: the Oklahoma Biotechnology Network; the Center for Environmental Applications of the Oklahoma Mesonet; and the Center for Photonic and Electronic Materials and Devices. The Oklahoma Biotechnology Network will stress technical support for core facilities, technical workshops as a primary outreach mechanism, and selected new initiatives in bioinformatics, mass spectrometry, and DNA chip technology. The Center for Environmental Applications of the Oklahoma Mesonet, a network of 114 automated environmental monitoring sites across Oklahoma that relay data via radio links to a central location, will stress accessibility and usability of Mesonet data, add Mesonet stations and sensors around the Norman Landfill, and will develop an aerobiology sensor network in western Oklahoma. The Center for Photonic and Electronic Materials and Devices will stress pre-competitive applied research projects to establish linkages with private sector companies and will provide support to research facilities and for selected equipment upgrades. The goal of the Cooperative Agreement is to make the three Centers self-sufficient and to graduate them from EPSCoR support by the end of the award period. This will be accomplished by providing support to the underlying research infrastructure in the Centers, through selective funding for new initiatives, and through support for research outreach and project developme nt. These initiatives will be directed towards securing non-EPSCoR support for the research projects and research infrastructure from federal, state, institution, and private sources. A co-funding initiative in high capacity computer networking will support ongoing efforts and new initiatives to expand Oklahoma's capabilities in networking. The Centers and Network goals are complemented by: support for research outreach and proposal development; technology showcases to bring together university researchers and the private sector; programs to promote public and legislative awareness of university research; a new Faculty Fellows program for senior research faculty to interact with state leaders; and, human resources programs including two Women in Science conferences and an entrepreneurship program.