The principles that undergird EPSCoR represent a mid-course correction in our larger research system. EPSCoR provides funds and opportunities to build research capability across a broader set of institutions. From it , we have learned new ways to build stronger connections between research and education, to enrich and embolden each. Your institutions and states have also developed innovative, even ingenious, ways to tie the fundamental research in your institutions to the economic and social needs of your state and regional populations. In that respect, you serve as models to emulate for the broader community in higher education.
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Its support for Innovation Partnerships is validation of the EPSCoR and SBIR concepts. It's a little like a repeated refrain with different verses. EPSCoR should be proud of its exemplar position. We know that the environment for research is shifting across the nation. We know that a seamless path threads from research and discovery to marketplace innovation and application.