22nd National EPSCoR Conference

项目总监：Peter GoodwinProposal：EPS-1049614机构：爱达荷州大学标题：第22届全国EPSCoR会议爱达荷州EPSCoR将于2011年10月24-27日在爱达荷州的Coeur d？alene主办第22届全国EPSCoR会议。会议的目的将是展示EPSCoR司法管辖区？对国家的贡献？S科学、工程和经济竞争力，并探索通过司法管辖区之间的伙伴关系加强未来贡献的方向。会议的主题将是建立新的辖区间和辖区内伙伴关系。会议主题将以司法管辖区的优势和共同点为基础？科学和技术倡议，以及网络基础设施如何促进未来的伙伴关系。智力价值会议寻求确定加强EPSCoR司法管辖区之间研究和教育伙伴关系的机会和障碍。由于水和能源对EPSCoR辖区和国家经济的重要性，会议和讨论将集中于这些主题(注：EPSCoR的29个辖区中有16个有研究基础设施改善Track-1项目，主要研究重点是水资源和/或能源)。会议将探讨如何更好地利用EPSCoR丰富的知识和研究基础设施来加快知识发现，以及研究基础设施及其数据流如何更好地为国家研究社区做出贡献。广泛影响会议旨在展示EPSCoR司法管辖区对国家的贡献？S科学、工程和经济竞争力。此外，会议寻求提供一个论坛，让包括州立法者、学术界成员和私营部门在内的广泛利益攸关方可以在其中进行互动。这些利益攸关方将有机会增进他们对EPSCoR的愿景和价值观的理解，并利用这种理解来制定其他机制，以建立司法管辖区间和国际伙伴关系。会议还将寻求促进创新途径，以加强以STEM为基础的全民教育，特别关注代表性不足的少数族裔学生和来自农村社区的学生

Project Director: Peter GoodwinProposal: EPS-1049614Institution: University of IdahoTitle: 22nd National EPSCoR ConferenceIdaho EPSCoR is hosting the 22nd National EPSCoR Conference in Coeur d?Alene, Idaho on October 24-27, 2011. The purpose of the conference will be to showcase the EPSCoR jurisdictions? contributions to the nation?s science, engineering, and economic competiveness, and to explore directions for enhancing future contributions through partnerships among the jurisdictions. The conference theme will be Building New Inter- and Intra-jurisdictional Partnerships. Session topics will be based on the strengths and commonalities of the jurisdictions? science and technology initiatives, and how partnerships of the future can be enabled by cyberinfrastructure. Intellectual MeritThe conference seeks to identify opportunities for and barriers to enhancing research and education partnerships among EPSCoR jurisdictions. Conference sessions and discussions will be centered on the topics of water and energy due to the importance of these natural resources to the economy of the EPSCoR jurisdictions and the nation (Note: Sixteen of the twenty-nine EPSCoR jurisdictions have Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 projects with significant research emphasis on water resources and/or energy). The conference will explore how extensive EPSCoR knowledge and research infrastructure can be better leveraged to accelerate knowledge discovery, and how research infrastructure and its data streams can better contribute to the national research community.Broader ImpactsThe conference aims to showcase the contributions of EPSCoR jurisdictions to the nation?s science, engineering, and economic competitiveness. In addition, the conference seeks to provide a forum in which a broad range of stakeholders, including state legislators, members in academe, and private sectors can interact. These stakeholders will have opportunities to increase their understanding of the vision and values of EPSCoR and use that understanding to develop additional mechanisms for generating inter-jurisdictional and international partnerships. Conference sessions will also seek to foster innovative avenues for enhancing STEM-based education for all, with particular attention to underrepresented minorities (URM) students and those from rural communities