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Kentucky’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (KY EPSCoR) is a federal-state partnership with five federal agencies having EPSCoR or EPSCoR-like (i.e. NIH IDeA Program) research stimulation programs. These federal programs were created to help states that receive a relatively low amount of federal research funds build their science, engineering and technology capabilities.
KY EPSCoR, which interfaces with the federal programs, focuses on:
- Enhancing Kentucky’s ability to successfully compete for and
perform academic research, - Promoting and nurturing within the Commonwealth a culture of
innovation and economic creativity, and - Supporting increased educational attainment and workforce
development in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) disciplines.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
KY EPSCOR MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
Federal Agencies with EPSCoR/IDeA Programs (LinKS TO WEBSITES)
KENTUCKY COUNTERPARTS (linkS to websites)
KY EPSCoR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
EXECUTIVE CHAIR
Cathleen Webb, Western Kentucky University > Bio
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS
John Balk, University of Kentucky
Lisa Cassis, University of Kentucky
Jon Klein, University of Louisville
Emmanuel Collins, University of Louisville > Bio
Claire Fuller, Murray State University
Samantha Langley, Northern Kentucky University
SENIOR FACULTY RESEARCHERS
Nathan De Lee, Northern Kentucky University
Dan Ionel, University of Kentucky
Alex Lai, Kentucky State University > Bio
Jen O’Keefe, Morehead State University > Bio
Kevin Miller, Murray State University
Tom Otieno, Eastern Kentucky University
Kevin Walsh, University of Louisville > Bio
PUBLIC/PRIVATE REPRESENTATIVES
Fred Allen, Estron Chemical
Mason Dyer, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges & Universities
Glenn Edelen, Funai Lexington Technology Corporation > Bio
Brian Eggleston, Toyota
Angelique Johnson, MEMStim, LLC > Bio
Kevin Mazzella, GE Appliances, A Haier Company
Kayla Meisner, Kentucky Commercialization Ventures
Bob Schena, Rajant Corporation
RESOURCES
KY EPSCoR: Match for NASA KY Programs FY 2022-2024
UKRF: 202308030957
These awards received matching funds from the Kentucky Cabinet of Economic Development
NASA Space Grant National College and Fellowship Program
“Kentucky Space Grant Consortium (KYSGC)”
80NSSC20M0047
NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID)
“NASA Kentucky EPSCoR RID”
80NSSC22M0034
NASA EPSCoR Research Award (Federal FY22)
“Solar Activity and Space Weather”
80NSSC21M0362
NASA EPSCoR Research Award (Federal FY23)
“Multi-scale data-driven modeling of radiative transport through thermal protection systems”
80NSSC22M0174
NASA EPSCoR Research Award (Federal FY24)
“Investigation of Material Surface Erosion and Failure due to High-Velocity Particle Impact”
80NSSC23M0074
Light-Matter Interactions in Artificial Spin Lattices
UKRF: 202304101750
This award received matching funds from the Kentucky Cabinet of Economic Development
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Hastings, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: DOE
Program(s): Chemical Synthesis, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 09/01/2023
Award Amount: $50,000
RUI: CHE-DRP (SYN): CAS: Temperature-controlled Mechanosynthesis as a Sustainable Synthetic Platform for Preparation of Transition Metal Complexes
Award Number: 2350192
Principal Investigator: Rachel Allenbaugh, Murray State University
Organization: Murray State University
NSF Organization: CHE
Program(s): Chemical Synthesis, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 09/01/2024
Award Amount: $230,000
RII Track-1: Climate Resilience through Multidisciplinary Big Data Learning, Prediction & Building Response Systems (CLIMBS)
Award Number: 2344533
This award received matching funds from the Kentucky Cabinet of Economic Development
Principal Investigator: Rodney Andrews, University of Kentucky
Co-Principal Investigator(s): Sebastian Bryson, Czarena Crofcheck, Edward Woolery, Michael McGlue
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: OIA
Program(s): EPSCoR RII Track-1
Start Date: 07/01/2024
Award Amount: $4,703,544
CAREER: Towards Environment-Aware Adaptive Safety for Learning-Enabled Multiagent Systems with Application to Target Drone Capturing
Award Number: 2336189
Principal Investigator: Xu Jin, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: ECCS
Program(s): EPCN-Energy-Power-Ctrl-Netwrks, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 03/15/2024
Award Amount: $484,791
Electric Pulsing Assisted Healing of Structural Defects in Ni-based Alloys
Award Number: 2409132
Principal Investigator: Fuqian Yang, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: DMR
Program(s): METAL & METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 06/01/2024
Award Amount: $325,000
REU Site: Computer Systems Research
Award Number: 2349076
Principal Investigator: Wei Zhang, University of Louisville
Co-Principal Investigator: Nihat Altiparmak
Organization: University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
NSF Organization: CNS
Program(s): RSCH EXPER FOR UNDERGRAD SITES, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 04/01/2024
Award Amount: $469,804
Parameterized, Algebraic, and Chromatic Traces
Award Number: 2404503
Principal Investigator: Kathleen Ponto, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: DMS
Program(s): EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 07/01/2024
Award Amount: $152,702
Motivic to C2-Equivariant Homotopy and Beyond
Award Number: 2403798
Principal Investigator: Bertrand Guillou, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: DMS
Program(s): TOPOLOGY, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 08/15/2024
Award Amount: $245,299
RII Track-4:NSF: In-Situ/Operando Characterizations of Single Atom Catalysts for Clean Fuel Generation
Award Number: 2327349
Principal Investigator: Doo Young Kim, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: OIA
Program(s): EPSCoR RII Track-4: Res Fellow
Start Date: 02/01/2024
Award Amount: $300,000
RII Track-4: NSF: Scalable MPI with Adaptive Compression for GPU-based Computing Systems
Award Number: 2327266
Principal Investigator: Xin Liang, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: OIA
Program(s): EPSCoR RII Track-4: Res Fellow
Start Date: 02/01/2024
Award Amount: $280,699
RII Track-4:@NASA: Methane Dynamics Described Through the Fusion of Site and Satellite Data in Bottomland Hardwood
Award Number: 2327374
Principal Investigator: Bassil El-Masri, Murray State University
Organization: Murray State University
NSF Organization: OIA
Program(s): EPSCoR RII Track-4: Res Fellow
Start Date: 01/01/2024
Award Amount: $291,335
Collaborative Research: How do plants control sperm nuclear migration for successful fertilization?
Award Number: 2334516
Principal Investigator: Tomokazu Kawashima, University of Kentucky
Organization: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
NSF Organization: MCB
Program(s): Cellular Dynamics and Function, Cross-BIO Activities, EPSCoR Co-Funding
Start Date: 01/15/2024
Award Amount: $870,396