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The
Kentucky EPSCoR Program is cultivating research talent in the
mathematic, science and engineering disciplines. Kentucky EPSCoR has
contributed significantly to Kentucky’s reform of postsecondary
education and has formed critical links to the Commonwealth's New
Economy Strategy. Further, it is advancing the development of the
Commonwealth’s two major academic institutions (UK and UL) as
preeminent research-intensive universities and is enhancing the research
capacity of the comprehensive universities (EKU, KSU, NKU, WKU,
Morehead, and Murray).
The
improved research competitiveness of Kentucky's higher education
institutions, fostered by EPSCoR's strategy, will:
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Increase federal and industrial R&D funds through an improved
science and technology knowledge base at its higher education
institutions, as well as providing a steady stream of research
graduates for Kentucky industry; |
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Expand university support and leadership through more highly
developed human capital and improved research infrastructure at
our higher education institutions; |
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Lead to joint ventures between firms, academe and government by
developing a strong academic leg of this tripod; and |
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Assist universities in helping the Commonwealth meet its
Research and Development funding goals. |
EPSCoR 's impact by the
Numbers:
Kentucky
has reaped over $221 million in federal, state, university and
industrial funding through leveraged EPSCoR programs since 1985. The
Kentucky EPSCoR Program expects to exceed a quarter of a billion dollars
in research funding within the next 18 months.
Accumulated Research
Funding Secured thru KY EPSCoR
Rapid
growth is being experience in federal funding derived through the EPSCoR
program. Over $88 million in Federal EPSCoR research funding has been
received in the last 5 years. Much of the funding increase is the
result of Kentucky’s highly successful competitiveness in NIH’s IDeA
Program (NIH’s variant of EPSCoR)
Annual Federal Research
Funding Secured thru KY EPSCoR Since Inception
Research
funding channeled through the Kentucky EPSCoR Program has produced
diverse dividends including research-related job creation, acquisition
of state-of-the-art research equipment, creation of economic development
opportunities, as well as recognition of research expertise among
sponsors and peers. EPSCoR dividends to Kentucky also reflect an
understanding that investments in infrastructure are needed for Kentucky
to compete for Federal funds. Without state funding, Kentucky EPSCoR
would not be able to participate in many federal EPSCoR initiatives.
Overall, state funding to Kentucky EPSCoR has been leveraged multi-fold
in the successful pursuit of research funding as evidenced in the
following pie chart.
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