South Dakota began the third year of its current $20 million National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Infrastructure Improvement Track 1 (NSF EPSCoR RII T1) award on August 1, 2011. The state will be eligible to submit a new proposal to the RII T1 competition in the Fall of 2013 based on the current submission window. RII T1 proposals are essentially NSF Center-type proposals that not only have significant research infrastructure development activities but also STEM education and outreach, economic development, workforce development, assessment and strategic planning activities. As such, their development and organization requires considerably more time and effort than that of a typical single-investigator or multi-investigator research proposal.

SD EPSCoR RII Track 1 Development Request For Proposal (.pdf)

If you have any questions about the RII Track 1 Development Program, feel free to call the SD EPSCoR office at 605-688-6228 (Karen) or 605-688-6245 (Mj).