Department of Defense news release (April 5, 2005): DoD to award $11.4 million for science and engineering research.The Department of Defense announced today plans to award $11.4 million to 20 academic institutions in 16 states to perform research in science and engineering fields important to national defense. Twenty-seven projects were competitively selected under the fiscal 2005 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR), which is designed to expand research opportunities in states that have traditionally received the least funding in federal support for university research. The average award will be approximately $422,000. All awards are subject to the successful completion of negotiations between DoD and the academic institutions. Academic researchers in Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). , Oklahoma. Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. , South Dakota, Tennessee, the U.S. Virgin Islands. Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming were eligible to receive awards under this competition. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, and the Office of Naval Research The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia (Ballston), is the office within the U.S. Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. solicited proposals using a defense-wide broad agency announcement. The announcement was published on the Internet and accessed by the DEPSCoR state committees, which solicited and selected projects for each state's proposal. In response, 22 state proposal packages consisting of 108 projects were submitted, requesting more than $56.4 million. The list of projects selected for fiscal 2005 DEPSCoR funding can be found on the Web at <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2005/d20050405press.pdf>. |
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