The objectives of DEPSCoR, outlined on its website, are to: 1) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education (IHE) in eligible states and territories (states/territories) to develop, plan, and execute science and engineering (S&E) research that is relevant to the mission of the DoD and competitive under the peer-review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; 2) increase the number of university researchers in eligible states/territories capable of performing S&E research responsive to the needs of the DoD; and 3) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awarded financial assistance that IHE in eligible states/territories receive from the Federal Government for S&E research.

• The DOE EPSCoR program does not currently have awards in North Dakota.

The primary goals of DOE EPSCoR are three fold: 1) improve the capability of designated states and territories to conduct sustainable and nationally competitive energy-related research; 2) jumpstart infrastructure development in designated states and territories through increased human and technical resources, train scientists and engineers in energy-related areas; and 3) build beneficial relationships of designated states and territories with the 10 world-class laboratories managed by the Office of Science, leveraging DOE national user facilities and intellectual collaboration.

The goal of NASA EPSCoR, outlined on its website, is to provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.

• North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (ND NASA EPSCoR)
  UND is the prime institution for NASA EPSCoR, a jurisdictional program

• TheNIH Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program has INBRE and COBRE awards in North Dakota (listed below)

The NIH IDeA program, as outlined on its website, builds research capabilities in states that historically have had low levels of NIH funding by supporting basic, clinical, and translational research; faculty development; and infrastructure improvements. The program also enhances the ability of investigators to compete successfully for additional research funding and serves the research needs of medically underserved communities.

• North Dakota IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)
  UND is the prime institution for the NIH INBRE, a jurisdictional program
   
• Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)
  The COBRE is an NIH IDEA institutional program
  Current awards in North Dakota:
  • NDSU: Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies in Pancreatic Cancer
  • NDSU: Center for Visual and Cognitive Neuroscience (CVCN)
  • UND: Center for Excellence In-Host Pathogen Interactions
  • UND: Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, Epigenomics of Development and Disease

• IDeA-Clinical and Translational Research (CTR)
  • Designed to encourage applications from IDeA states to develop infrastructure and capacity in order to conduct clinical and translational research on diseases that affect the medically underserved populations and/or the disease prevalent in IDeA states. Provides for both mentoring and career development initiatives in clinical and translational research.

  • The Great Plains IDeA-CTR is a collaborative effort between nine regional institutions, including both NDSU and UND. The IDeA-CTR strives to provide training, education and mentorship; tools and resources; and funding to regional researchers. For more information, see https://gpctr.unmc.edu/

     

• The NSF EPSCoR programs have active awards in North Dakota (listed below)

Current NSF EPSCoR awards in North Dakota:

• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1
  NDSU is the prime institution for the NSF EPSCoR RII Track-1, a jurisdictional program
  
  • North Dakota EPSCoR RII Track-1 INSPIRE-ND project
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations [RII Track-2 FEC]: institutional program
  NDSU is the prime institution for this Track-2
  
  • NDSU:  Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology (ICE) Network: Integrating Genomics, Physiology, and Modeling
  • Collaborating entities: NDSU, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), New Mexico State University, and the University of Wyoming
• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-4: non-tenured investigators program
  NDSU: A role for epigenetic modifications driving seasonal patterns of reproduction?

USDA EPSCoR program

From the USDA website regarding the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) about the FASE and EPSCoR: The Food and Agricultural Science Enhancement (FASE) Grants are designed to help institutions develop competitive projects and to attract new scientists and educators into careers in high-priority areas of national need in agriculture, food, and environmental sciences. FASE Grants consist of New Investigator Grants, Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants, and Strengthening Grants. Strengthening Grants are further divided into Sabbatical Grants, Equipment Grants, Seed Grants, Strengthening Standard Grants, Strengthening CAP (Coordinated Agricultural Project) Grants, and Strengthening Conference Grants. Fifteen percent of AFRI funding is set aside for Strengthening Grants and Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants.