25th NSF EPSCoR National Conference

刺激竞争研究的实验计划（EPSCoR）举办全国会议，将来自EPSCoR所有管辖区的代表聚集在一起，讨论促进EPSCoR建设STEM研究和教育能力的目标的战略，以提高其国家竞争力。这个两年一度的活动是EPSCoR项目负责人和参与者讨论在地方，州，国家和国际层面的机遇和挑战的论坛，以及EPSCoR的努力如何共同促进科学和工程研究和教育的进步。本次会议还展示了由NSF EPSCoR资助的项目的结果。第25届全国EPSCoR会议将于2017年11月5日至8日在蒙大拿州米苏拉举行，预计将有约300-400名与会者。本次会议由蒙大拿州EPSCoR组织，重点是定义EPSCoR在NSF中的独特作用，以及该计划的结构和方法如何在参与管辖区内外推进国家研究企业。第25届全国EPSCoR会议的主题是“NSF EPSCoR的独特作用”。 会议旨在解决诸如以下问题：EPSCoR计划与其他NSF计划有什么不同？EPSCoR如何提高有效性和对新的国家需求的预期？EPSCoR管辖区如何有效地利用现有的结构，以促进其研究目标？全国会议将展示长期的，高影响力的计划，并探讨使他们在科学和经济发展方面取得长期成功的要素和战略。会议活动和会议将突出EPSCoR模型的新奇，以确定研究重点，并调查该模型范围内的广泛方法和结果。将组织活动以促进计划评估，以确定突出的要素以及有待改进的领域。本次会议将有助于建立一个强大的，协作的EPSCoR社区，在国家竞技场上做出重大贡献，并与NSF EPSCoR目标保持一致。会议活动与目标相一致，包括全体会议和分组会议。学生海报会议将持续两天的会议，并将突出由NSF EPSCoR RII奖项促进的研究和教育成果。会议还将举行会前研讨会，讨论针对代表性不足的少数民族人口的EPSCoR外联和教育方案的方法和机会。

Non-technical Description The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) holds National Conferences that bring representatives from all EPSCoR jurisdictions together to discuss strategies to promote EPSCoR goals of building STEM research and education capacity to increase their national competitiveness. This biennial event is a forum for EPSCoR project directors and participants to discuss opportunities and challenges at the local, state, national, and international levels and how EPSCoR efforts can collectively contribute to the advancement of science and engineering research and education. This meeting also showcases results from projects funded by NSF EPSCoR. The 25th National EPSCoR Conference will be held in Missoula, Montana from November 5-8, 2017 and is expected to have about 300-400 attendees. This meeting is organized by Montana EPSCoR with a focus on defining the unique role of EPSCoR within the NSF and how the program's structure and approach advance the national research enterprise within and beyond the participating jurisdictions. Technical Description The theme for the 25th National EPSCoR Conference is "The Unique Role of NSF EPSCoR". The conference aims to tackle questions such as: What does the EPSCoR program do differently than other NSF Programs? How can EPSCoR improve in effectiveness and anticipation of new national needs? How can EPSCoR jurisdictions effectively capitalize on existing structures to further their research aims? The National Conference will showcase long-term, high-impact programs and explore the elements and strategies that make them successful over the long-term in their capacity for scientific and economic advancement. Conference activities and sessions will highlight the novelty of the EPSCoR model for setting research priorities and survey the broad range of approaches and results within the scope of this model. Activities will be organized to facilitate program assessment in order to identify elements that are outstanding as well as areas that hold room for improvement. This conference will help build a strong, collaborative EPSCoR community that contributes significantly and competes well on the national arena in alignment with NSF EPSCoR goals. The conference activities are aligned with the objectives and consist of plenary and break-out sessions. A student poster session will run through two days of the meeting and will highlight results from the research and education facilitated by NSF EPSCoR RII awards. The meeting will also feature a pre-conference workshop on approaches and opportunities for EPSCoR outreach and education programs targeting under-represented minority populations.