Rhode Island EPSCoR: Catalyzing a Research, Education and Innovation Network

罗得岛寻求通过建立一个具有竞争力的研究平台，这是全州范围内和可持续的，其方案将授权和激励研究人员利用先进技术，通过建立一个卓越的研究中心，在海洋生命科学和基因组学和蛋白质组学的核心研究设施的建立，以达到全国的突出地位。 罗得岛大学（URI）和该州的其他八个机构提议对生命科学进行战略投资，以支持该州的生物技术和生物制造经济。 联邦、州和地方、公共、私人和非营利机构将支持罗得岛的基础设施建设计划。 研究、教育、创新和交流方面的综合活动将有助于：发展必要的人力资本，以支持和维持生命科学领域有竞争力的研究能力的增长;扩大妇女和代表性不足的少数民族和种族在STEM劳动力队伍中的参与;为研究人员提供有针对性的创业指导，以鼓励研究创新，刺激技术转让，促进商业化和新业务的发展;发展可持续的沟通机制，建立和加强一个强大的全州和地区的科学家，高等教育机构，私营和公共部门的网络。 罗得岛基因组学中心、罗得岛蛋白质组学中心、罗得岛海洋生命科学中心和罗得岛EPSCoR学院将通过这一伙伴关系实现。 资金支持本科生和研究生（包括创业研究员），仪器，K-12 STEM教师准备，以及社区学院的生物科学/生物技术课程。 对该项目的产出和影响的专家评估以及结果的传播和交流也得到了支持。资金通过国家科学基金会的刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EPSCoR）提供。*

Rhode Island seeks to attain national prominence by building a competitive research platform that is both statewide and sustainable and whose programs will empower and stimulate researchers to take advantage of advanced technologies through the establishment of a center for research excellence in marine life sciences and establishment of core research facilities in genomics and proteomics. The University of Rhode Island (URI) and eight other institutions in the state propose strategic investment in life sciences to support the state's biotechnology and biomanufacturing economy. Federal, state and local, public, private, and non-profit institutions will support the infrastructure-building program in Rhode Island. The integrative activities in research, education, innovation and communication will serve to:develop the human capital necessary to support and sustain the growth of competitive research capacity in the life sciences; broaden the participation of women and underrepresented ethnic and racial minorities in the STEM workforce; provide researchers with targeted entrepreneurial guidance to encourage research innovation, stimulate technology transfer, and promote commercialization and new business development; and,develop sustainable communication mechanisms to build and enhance a strong statewide network of the state's and region's scientists, institutions of higher education, and private and public sectors. The Rhode Island Center for Genomics, the Rhode Island Center for Proteomics, the Rhode Island Center for Marine Life Sciences and the Rhode Island EPSCoR Academy will be enabled through this partnership. Funding supports undergraduate and graduate students (including entrepreneurial fellows), instrumentation, K-12 STEM teacher preparation, and Biosciences/Biotechnology curriculum at community colleges. Expert evaluation of the outputs and impacts of this project as well as dissemination and communication of results is also supported.Funding is provided through the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).***