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| NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC [FILE PHOTO] |
Washington: NASA has awarded $12.6 million to colleges and universities
to conduct research and technology development in areas important to the
agency's mission. In addition to research and technology development, the
awards enable faculty development and support higher education students.
The selections are
part of NASA's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or
EPSCoR. The program helps develop partnerships among NASA research missions and
programs, academic institutions and industry. It also helps the awardees
establish long-term academic research enterprises that will be self-sustaining
and competitive, and contribute to the jurisdictions' economic viability and
development.
Seventeen proposals
were selected for funding in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South
Carolina (in conjunction with the U.S. Virgin Islands), South Dakota,
Tennessee, Utah and Vermont. Winning proposals were selected through a
merit-based, peer-reviewed competition.
Two proposals were
selected from the College of Charleston, S.C., with one of the two proposals
being from the EPSCoR-eligible University of the Virgin Islands, which is being
aligned under South Carolina for administrative purposes.