Department of Defense news release (March 8, 2004) DoD to award $8.4 million for science and engineering research.The Department of Defense announced today plans to award $8.4 million to 15 academic institutions in 12 states to perform research in science and engineering fields important to national defense. Twenty projects were competitively selected under the fiscal 2004 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 $420,000. All awards are subject to the successful completion of negotiations between DoD and the academic institutions. Academic researchers in Alabama, Alasks, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, 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. , 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 South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). , the U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. , 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, 20 state proposal packages consisting of 180 projects were submitted, requesting more than $101.5 million. The list of projects selected for fiscal 2004 DEPSCoR funding can be found on the Web at <http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2004/d20040308cr.pdf>. |
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