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Current Projects<\/h1>

EPSCoR-supported research across Rhode Island<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR <\/strong>entails a constellation of projects funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation<\/a> enhancing the state\u2019s research competitiveness and capacity, all helping Rhode Islanders address the pressing science and technology challenges of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RI-NEST<\/h2>

The Rhode Island Network for Science & Technology<\/strong> (RI-NEST) is a $8 million initiative over four years that will strengthen research infrastructure and capacity in RI and position the state to develop transdisciplinary, use-inspired research, specifically around the Blue Economy.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

strengthening RI\u2019s Research Ecosystem<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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SIMCoast<\/h2>

Socio-ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems<\/strong> (SIMCoast) is a multidisciplinary research incubator building the state\u2019s research capacity and workforce development, through partnerships with community and industry, to address the challenge of nano and microplastics in our environments.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Tackling the plastics problem across Rhode Island<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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3CRS<\/h2>

The Community-Driven Coastal Climate Research & Solutions<\/strong> (3CRS) hub aims to co-develop processes, expert networks, data streams, local relationships and knowledge needed to expand the capacity of working waterfront communities to become more climate resilient and shape their own future.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>

building a Resilient Coast in the ocean state<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ENACTS<\/h2>

The Equitable Nature Based Climate Solutions<\/strong> (ENACTS) project is building new research infrastructure that focuses on community resilience in Nature-Based Solutions supported by local knowledge and integrating social and natural sciences, engineering, art, and design.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Nature’s way<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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RISCC<\/h2>

The Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities<\/strong> (RISCC) project brings together researchers and communities from Rhode Island and other states to advance interdisciplinary research empowering communities impacted by climate hazards and salinization.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Climate, strategically<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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EcoCARE<\/h2>

The use-inspired Ecological-Economic Collaboratory for Advancing coastal wetland REstoration and REsilience <\/strong>(EcoCARE) project is an inter-jurisdictional project that addresses urgent needs for capacity building for research on coastal wetland restoration. <\/p><\/div><\/div>

Coastal Care<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rhode Island NSF EPSCoR entails a constellation of projects funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation enhancing the state\u2019s research competitiveness and capacity, all helping Rhode Islanders address the pressing science and technology challenges of today. Want to learn more, join our community and offer your unique perspective on RI NSF EPSCoR?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1994,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-42997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45024,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42997\/revisions\/45024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rinsfepscor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}