Wyoming EPSCoR

05/17/2022

It's official - We are thrilled to be awarded a new $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant to study climate-driven changes to Wyomings water supply!

A five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the University of Wyoming will allow researchers to work with Wyoming’s communities to deal with expected significant and lasting changes in water availability.

05/20/2021

And now...drum roll please...the moment you've all been waiting for. Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Day student presentations are now open and available for virtual viewing!

Use the link below to explore this year's research lineup!

http://www.uwyo.edu/epscor/news-and-events/undergraduate-research-day.html

05/11/2021

700 trees were bought by Wind River Grow Our Own and distributed around Fremont County last week. It’s all part of the food sovereignty movement that Wind River Grow Our Own 307 has initiated on the Wind River Reservation.

Read more about the nonprofit: https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/2021/05/08/700-trees-bought-by-wind-river-grow-our-own-and-distributed-around-fremont-county-today/?fbclid=IwAR1aeHjiNgQjJBZMgcsujwXpiVYun-BSlghVqehKwc7HXf8y1mxJCdELHZs

It’s all part of the food sovereignty movement that Wind River Grow Our Own 307 has initiated on the Wind River Reservation. The trees were distributed today by Wind River Grow Our Own, and planted by community members.

03/28/2021

Lauren Shoemaker, of the University of Wyoming, was announced as a 2021 Early Career Fellow for the Ecological Society of America late last week.

“This award is an incredible honor,” Shoemaker says. “The Ecological Society of America is the largest professional society in my discipline, and I feel really fortunate to have wonderful colleagues, mentors, collaborators and a lab that have helped me achieve this recognition.”

For more information about Shoemaker’s research and her lab, go to http://ow.ly/XjOA50EaBKG.

To read more about the award, and Lauren's story check out http://ow.ly/SZSZ50EaBKI and http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2021/03/uws-shoemaker-named-esa-early-career-fellow.html.

Congratulations, Lauren!!

03/19/2021

It’s a time of change and growth on the Wind River Reservation and Wyoming Public Radio has had its hands full covering the re-introduction of bison to the reservation, the impacts of a global pandemic on a community with many health disparities and protests in response to Black Lives Matter activism nationwide.

The reservation is seeking an intern with an interest in science journalism that could help produce such stories and many others while learning how to create audio news stories and podcasts.

Email Dr. Kristen Landreville at [email protected] for more details and an application.

03/16/2021

Wyoming EPSCoR is in the process of developing a proposal for a $20 million, 5-year, Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII)
Award, which is due to the National Science Foundation in August 2021.

The core scientific focus of the proposed project addresses interactions and feedbacks among climate change, landscape and regional scale hydrology and ecology, vulnerability of water resources and their ecosystem services, and societal adaptation and resilience.

The project team is interested in IREOD submissions that blur the lines between research, education, entrepreneurship,
and outreach, and encourages diverse participation in these activities to improve the proposed science and make a lasting impact in communities across the state.

The purpose of this RFP is to solicit creative and actionable ideas and plans that 1) are designed to take place over a 5-year period, 2) are integrated with, complementary to, and inform or expand the scientific research focus, 3) demonstrate potentially game changing outcomes for the state of Wyoming and its people, 4) have intended outcomes that are both significant and measurable, and 5) meet NSF Broader Impacts merit review criteria.

The full RFP and additional information is available at http://ow.ly/XR5p50E0xRC, or on our website at http://www.uwyo.edu/epscor/news-and-events/broader-impacts-rfp.html. Please share widely. Due date is April 6.

03/16/2021

The University of the Virgin Islands and VI-EPSCoR is hiring a Watershed Monitoring and Soil Science Postdoctoral Associate!

The application due date is 5/10/21. For more information, or to apply, check out the job posting at https://careers.uvi.edu/postings/4341.

02/12/2021

Håfa Adai!

Are you a prospective graduate student interested in ensuring the sustainability of coral reefs and the marine environment? If you're self-motivated, well-organized, and have or will have a bachelor's in biology or another STEM field, Guam EPSCoR has a valuable graduate student research experience for you -- and it's paid!

The EPSCoR Graduate Research Assistantship is a three-year program designed to train graduates in scientific research. Selected students will benefit from:

• tuition waiver (12 credits per semester) in master's program
• research training
• faculty mentorship
• possible travel opportunities
• an $18,000 annual stipend ($1,500 per month)

Selected applicants will choose to specialize in one or more of the following disciplines:

• Ecology
• Genomics
• Oceanography

Depending on the chosen specialization, students may learn about DNA extraction and sequencing and/or how to read and analyze data to characterize marine environments. The program may involve hands-on fieldwork to investigate coral reefs or to deploy and retrieve oceanographic instruments while working at the UOG Marine Laboratory. Graduate students will also receive support for their individual thesis defenses.

The program seeks to increase the number and diversity of students who choose careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). All qualified students are encouraged to apply, in particular women, minorities, and students with disabilities.

Important Dates:

• Application deadline: 5 p.m. on March 31, 2021
• Decision notification: April 14, 2021
• Program start date: Aug. 16, 2021

Late applications may be considered until the UOG master's application deadline, pending availability of positions.

02/11/2021

Are you a student at the University of Wyoming, or any Wyoming community college? Are you interested in learning about AISES? Are you curious as to what AISES is?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, check out the flyer below and consider attending the info session!

02/09/2021

The Wind River Startup Challenge, a regional entrepreneurship opportunity designed to distribute thousands of dollars to Native-owned startups, recently announced their eight finalists!

Use the link below to explore this year's entrepreneurial startups!

http://www.uwyo.edu/uw/news/2021/02/eight-wind-river-startup-challenge-finalists-announced.html

02/08/2021

Okay, you saw our social media posts about the Summer Research Apprentice Program (a.k.a. SRAP) that Wyoming EPSCoR is hosting this summer, you read the blog post, and checked out our website. Ultimately, you've decided that you want to be a part of this summer's program. Woohoo!

Except...what's next? How do you apply? Are there supplemental forms? When is the deadline? How do you know if you've been accepted?

If these are the questions floating around in your head, our most recent blog post is for you! Check it out at http://ow.ly/gxCJ50DuJle!

01/29/2021

The FY 2021 RII Track-4 solicitation has been released. Please disseminate widely within your jurisdictions.

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program Track-4:EPSCoR Research Fellows

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504901
Document Number: NSF 21-557