EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Plan

俄克拉荷马州立大学waxman， Frank“EPSCoR研究基础设施改善计划”俄克拉荷马州EPSCoR研究基础设施改善奖支持一个新兴的跨学科领域，该领域加入了植物病毒生物多样性和生态学领域。植物病毒生物多样性与生态学主题是一个独特的科学整合，建立在国家基因组学和生物信息学基础上，将植物病毒学和生态学学科联系起来。这个新的跨学科项目将使用俄克拉荷马州高草草原，一个自然栖息地保护样本收集。在生态学和病毒多样性的基本问题将得到解决。研究人员将研究病毒与宿主的相互作用、它们的地理分布、随时间的变化以及控制相互作用和分布的原则。还将为仪器服务设施的技术人员提供支持，以帮助全州的纳米科学研究小组。俄克拉何马州的基础设施改善活动建立在该州主要研究生研究/教育机构的研究优势之上：俄克拉何马大学、俄克拉何马州立大学、塔尔萨大学和俄克拉何马健康科学中心。塞缪尔·罗伯茨诺贝尔基金会（Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation）也将参与其中，为培训俄克拉荷马州的下一代科学家提供宝贵的资源。俄克拉荷马州项目包括支持和加强该州对人力资源开发的长期承诺的项目。人类基础设施计划包括学生和教师的发展、企业家精神和提高公众的科学意识。这些举措的目标是农村和城市的K-12学校，以及社区学院和学士学位大学，其中许多学校为大量美国原住民和其他代表性不足的群体的学生提供服务。

EPS 04-47262Oklahoma State UniversityWaxman, Frank"EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Plan"The Oklahoma EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement award supports an emerging cross-disciplinary area that joins the fields of plant virus biodiversity and ecology. The Plant Virus Biodiversity and Ecology theme is a unique scientific integration, building on the genomics and bioinformatics infrastructure in the state and linking the disciplines of plant virology and ecology. This new interdisciplinary program will use the Oklahoma Tallgrass Prairie, a natural habitat preserve for sample collection. Basic questions in the ecology and diversity of viruses will be addressed. Researchers will study virus-host interactions, their geographic distributions, changes over time and the principles that govern the interactions and distributions. Support will also be provided for technical staff in instrumental service facilities that aid nanoscience research groups across the state. Oklahoma's infrastructure improvement activities build on the research strengths of the state's major graduate research/education institutions: the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, the University of Tulsa, and the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will also participate, offering a valuable resource for training the next generation of scientists in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma project includes programs to support and enhance the state's long-term commitment to human resource development. The human infrastructure plan includes student and faculty development, entrepreneurship, and promotion of public awareness of science. Initiatives target rural and urban K-12 schools as well as community colleges and baccalaureate universities, many of which serve high numbers of Native Americans and students of other underrepresented groups.