Program Areas
EPSCoR - Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
National Science Foundation
NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Award Announcement
On September 1, 2008, NSHE received an award of $15 million from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF)Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). NSHE is also providing support ($6,597,790 over 5 years) to the project from non-Federal sources. The 5-year award will fund science, education, and outreach infrastructure at UNR, UNLV, DRI, NSC, and NSHE’s community colleges for the study of climate change and its effects on Nevada.
NV NSF EPSCoR Kickoff meeting
September 4, 2008
Handouts (pdf)
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The project will create a statewide interdisciplinary program that will stimulate transformative research, education, and outreach on the effects of regional climate change on ecosystem services (especially water resources) and support use of this knowledge by policy makers and stakeholders. The projectwill provide NSHE, the State of Nevada, and the region with new interdisciplinary capability to detect, analyze, and model the effects of regional climate change on landscapes, ecosystems, and water resources and to communicate research results to decision makers and the public. To broaden and increase the impact of this project, Nevada has formed a tri-state collaboration with the EPSCoR states of New Mexico and Idaho, which also received NSF EPSCoR funding for climate change infrastructure this year.
Nevada’s NSF EPSCoR project has six main components:
- Climate Modeling Component
- Ecological Change Component
- Water Resources Component
- Policy, Decision Making, and Outreach Component
- Cyberinfrastructure Component
- Education Component
Funding from NSF EPSCoR will support:
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Nevada Climate Change NSF EPSCoR RII 2008 Proposal
Solicitations
NSF EPSCoR Climate Change UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM "UROP" ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP
Deadline: October 27, 2008 (pdf)
Click here to download promotional flyer (pdf)
Contacts for Nevada’s NSF EPSCoR Climate Change Infrastructure Grant
Dr. Gayle Dana
Principal Investigator
Nevada NSF EPSCoR Project Director
Gayle.Dana@dri.edu
775-674-7538
Dr. Nicholas Lancaster
Co-Principal Investigator, DRI
Research Professor, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Nicholas.Lancaster@dri.edu
775-673-7304
Dr. Thomas Piechota
Co-Principal Investigator, UNLV
Director of Sustainability and Multidisciplinary Research
Thomas.Piechota@unlv.edu
702-895-4412
Dr. Scott Mensing
Co-Principal Investigator, UNR
Professor of Geography
smensing@unr.edu
775-784-6346
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. EPS-0814372