Past 5 Years RI NSF EPSCoR by the numbers
493Faculty, students and post-doctoral fellows supported
$57,682,306Research funding brought into RI
183Publications in scientific journals
Since 2004, Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation and RI Commerce, has supported statewide partnerships among institutions of higher education, government, industry and communities to develop basic, use-inspired, translational and applied scientific research addressing real-world problems locally and beyond.