PARTNERS
Kansas
Honorable Bill Graves
Governor of Kansas
Capitol Building, Second Floor
Topeka, KS 66612-1590
(913) 296-3232
NSF and Kansas
- In FY 1998 the NSF provided 124 awards totaling approximately $15 million to 13 institutions in the State of Kansas.
- The following were among the institutions in Kansas that received NSF support in FY 1998: University of Kansas, Biomedical Imaging Tech., Pittsburg State University, Kansas State University, and Cedar Creek Elementary School .
Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in Kansas
- Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). EPSCoR was established by NSF in 1979 to ensure greater geographic distribution of Federal funding of academic research and development, while maintaining the highest quality, merit reviewed research. Through EPSCoR, NSF has sought to improve the quality of science in Kansas by working with the state to build on its existing strengths, helping establish research priorities, and creating suppportive structures to enhance the competitive position of scientists in the state. Over $4.4 million has been provided by NSF to the Kansas EPSCoR (K*STAR) program, and during the three-year award period the state will contribute an additional $8.7 million.
- An EPSCoR Experimental Systemic Initiative award from NSF provided $260,000 to match $350,581 in non-federal funds to support research to expand the potential uses of synthetic chemistry by creating the Kansas Advanced Synthesis Laboratory at the University of Kansas. Another EPSCoR award at the University of Kansas has enabled a university/industry partnership in lightwave technology between Kansas-based US Sprint and KU scientists in an area of research critical to the telecommunications industry and other industries in Kansas.
- Long Term Ecological Research Site - A grant to Kansas State University supports research at the Konza Prarie Research Natural Area.
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