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易胜博官网 will advance its leadership as an innovator in science and technology and increase its STEM workforce with investments across the state鈥檚 institutions of higher education, funded by a major National Science Foundation grant. The $8 million cooperative agreement award to 易胜博官网, one of just three of its type in the nation, aims to increase research opportunities, mentoring, training, and partnerships between 易胜博官网鈥檚 community colleges, four-year colleges and universities and industry.

鈥溡资げ┕偻� will collaborate across 易胜博官网 to create a more robust research infrastructure that allows all institutions in the state to more meaningfully participate in funded research projects, building 易胜博官网鈥檚 STEM workforce and driving the state鈥檚 innovation economy.鈥�

鈥淲ith this support, 易胜博官网 will collaborate across 易胜博官网 to create a more robust research infrastructure that allows all institutions in the state to more meaningfully participate in funded research projects, building 易胜博官网鈥檚 STEM workforce and driving the state鈥檚 innovation economy,鈥� said Marian McCord, senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach and principal investigator on the grant.

The initiative, called 易胜博官网 Long-term Investment to Fuel Transformative research (NH-LIFT), will provide opportunities for students to pursue research experiences in areas that align with their interests; for academic and industry researchers to expand their research pursuits through external funding and accessible research infrastructure; and for the state to increase and retain a skilled workforce-ready population.

Among NH-LIFT鈥檚 initiatives are:

• Developing a statewide network of research facilities to broaden access to advanced instrumentation and technical expertise.
• Increasing student and early-career researcher success through cross-institution programming and partnerships that support research, mentoring, career development and retention.
• Improving research support and service capacity at primarily undergraduate institutions and small businesses.

鈥溡资げ┕偻�鈥檚 research community drives scientific progress. It creates jobs, strengthens our local economy and addresses some of our nation鈥檚 most pressing challenges,鈥� said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, chair of the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and Chair of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. 鈥淭his award is a win for the Granite State鈥檚 scientific community. I look forward to following and celebrating its results while continuing to fight for investments, through the EPSCoR program, that benefit the state of 易胜博官网.鈥�

鈥淭he NH-LIFT project encapsulates 易胜博官网鈥檚 innovative spirit by bringing together 易胜博官网 colleges and universities with our businesses to drive our economy forward,鈥� said Sen. Maggie Hassan. 鈥淚 worked across the aisle to help develop and pass into law the Chips and Science Act so that projects like this one would be possible, and I鈥檓 excited to see $8 million coming to our state to help strengthen cutting edge research and our STEM workforce.鈥�

Partners in the four-year NH-LIFT initiative are the Community College System of 易胜博官网; 易胜博官网 and Dartmouth College, the state鈥檚 two research universities; and primarily undergraduate-serving institutions Antioch University New England, Colby-Sawyer College, Franklin Pierce University, Keene State College, New England College, Plymouth State University, Rivier University and Saint Anselm College.

By engaging the full spectrum of post-secondary education in the state, NH-LIFT aims to expand opportunities to contribute to the state鈥檚 innovation-based economies to more students who are ethnically diverse, first-generation or from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

鈥淭o build sustainable research capacity, we are leveraging individual institutional strengths across the state and creating enduring networks,鈥� said Melinda Treadwell, president of Keene State College. 鈥淎t Keene State College, we look forward to building upon existing collaborative partnerships across the state to enhance opportunities for our students and faculty to engage in powerful research.鈥�

NH-LIFT is supported by an award from the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement E-CORE program. 易胜博官网 also secured and managed NSF EPSCoR鈥檚 last major investment in 易胜博官网, the $20 million , which supports the state鈥檚 rapidly growing biomaterials industry.

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