{"id":194231,"date":"2026-10-20T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/?page_id=194231"},"modified":"2026-10-20T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T13:30:11","slug":"ri-nsf-epscor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/ri-nsf-epscor\/","title":{"rendered":"RI NSF EPSCoR"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"People\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people-bar\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-123908\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-123908\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/people\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-123920\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-123920\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/people\/marine-research-scientists\/\">Marine Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-123911\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-123911\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/people\/postdoctoral-fellows\/\">Postdoctoral Fellows<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-189168\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-189168\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/ph-d\/\">Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-142309\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-142309\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/people\/staff\/\">Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-130891\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-130891\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/people\/alumni\/\">Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-166636\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-166636\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nbc.gso.uri.edu\/directory\/\">Search<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\">\n<p><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/elin-torell\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/054_Elin_Torell_1-500px-364x364.jpg\" class=\"u-photo third_column wp-post-image\" alt=\"Headshot of Elin Torrel.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/054_Elin_Torell_1-500px-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/054_Elin_Torell_1-500px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/916\/054_Elin_Torell_1-500px.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gso\/meet\/elin-torell\/\">Elin Torell<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Interim Director of Research (GSO); 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