Planning Grant for EPSCoR Missouri

这EPSCoR规划赠款将确定最强大的杠杆点，为建设密苏里州的研究和技术企业。美国国家科学基金会研究基础设施改进计划：轨道1（RII轨道1）提案将利用这些杠杆点来发展和维持国家领导作用。EPSCoR管理委员会将征求概念文件并召集利益相关者讨论，以确定研究主题，并为网络基础设施、外部参与、劳动力发展、多样性、评估和评估以及可持续性计划提供信息。EPSCoR团队将与州政府官员合作，最终确定科学和技术计划。管理委员会将确保所有利益相关者都得到公平的代表，外部咨询委员会和经验丰富的EPSCoR顾问将指导规划过程。EPSCoR密苏里州的重点领域将是由网络基础设施支持的生物科学。这一重点是通过审查对密苏里州的就业和财富产生潜力，相关的支持服务，教育机会，研究活动，最近的事件，基础设施和利益相关者的投入全面研究确定的。该研究确定了七个“目标集群”作为密苏里州经济发展的关键，NSF对这些集群的资助非常清楚地表明了全州在生物科学方面的实力。生物科学越来越依赖于管理、挖掘和存储非常大的数据集的能力，这些数据集可以遍历广泛不同的遗传学，并跨越分子、细胞和群体尺度。然而，密苏里州的整体网络基础设施限制了生物科学研究的进一步发展。有了提高该州网络基础设施的能力和广度的机会，密苏里州的科学家们可以扩大优势领域的工作，其中包括蛋白质结构建模、代谢网络和生态相互作用。密苏里州EPSCoR规划过程将建立一个投资于教育和劳动力发展倡议的利益相关者网络。该网络将包括所有相关的研究，教育，政府和行业利益相关者，因为我们通过更好的通信和网络基础设施提高协作能力，并通过RII Track-1奖项计划可持续的稳定状态。拥有34所高等教育机构（包括一流的私立大学，一所研究-I土地授予大学，HBCU和一个由2年和4年制机构组成的大型网络）和世界一流的研究中心和行业，密苏里州可以成为生物科学的国家领导者，生产和维持多样化的STEM劳动力。

This EPSCoR planning grant will identify the most powerful points of leverage for building Missouri's research and technology enterprise. The NSF Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-1 (RII Track-1) proposal will use those leverage points to develop and sustain a national leadership role.The EPSCoR governing committee will solicit concept papers and convene stakeholder discussions to define research themes and inform the plans for cyberinfrastructure, external engagement, workforce development, diversity, evaluation and assessment, and sustainability. The EPSCoR team will work with state officials to finalize the Science and Technology Plan. The governing committee will ensure all stakeholders are fairly represented, and an external advisory board and experienced EPSCoR consultant will guide the planning process.Intellectual Merit. The focal area for EPSCoR Missouri will be biosciences as supported by cyberinfrastructure. This focus was determined by examining comprehensive research on Missouri's job and wealth generation potential, relevant support services, educational opportunities, research activity, recent events, infrastructure, and stakeholder input. The research identified seven "target clusters" as key to Missouri's economic development, and NSF funding across these clusters points very clearly to a state-wide strength in the biosciences. The biosciences are increasingly dependent on the ability to manage, mine and store very large datasets, that can traverse widely divergent phylogenies and span molecular, cellular and population scales. Missouri's overall cyberinfrastructure, however, limits further growth in bioscience research. With the opportunity to increase the power and breadth of the state's cyberinfrastructure, Missouri scientists can expand work in areas of strength - among them modeling of protein structure, metabolic networks and ecological interactions.Broader Impacts. The Missouri EPSCoR planning process will build a network of stakeholders who are invested in education and workforce development initiatives. This network will include all relevant research, education, government, and industry stakeholders as we increase collaborative capabilities through better communication and cyberinfrastructure, and plan for a sustainable steady state through an RII Track-1 award. With 34 institutions of higher education (including top-notch private universities, a Research-I land grant university, an HBCU and a large network of 2- and 4-year institutions) and world-class research centers and industry, Missouri can become a national leader in bioscience, producing and sustaining a diverse STEM workforce.