NASA EPSCoR

Faculty Workshop

FY 2011 NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN)

The purpose of the New Mexico NASA EPSCoR Program is to build the core competitive research strength in New Mexico. The additional purpose of the program is to grow technology development methods and activities for the solution of scientific and technical problems of importance to NASA. New Mexico NASA EPSCoR RID will focus on collaborative activities and relationships to develop long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-competitive capabilities in space and aerospace-related research. These capabilities will, in turn, contribute to New Mexico's economic viability and expand the nation's base for aerospace research and development. For the purpose of brevity, we will refer to the program in the proposal as NM EPSCoR. The formal name of the program will be New Mexico NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development Program.

New Mexico NASA EPSCoR will perform scientific research and technology development in areas that support the strategic research and technology development priorities of NASA's Mission Directorates and Field Centers. An emphasis will be placed on developing a core expertise capable of successfully competing for funds from NASA and non-NASA sources outside of the EPSCoR program. The goals for New Mexico EPSCoR:

1. Contribute to and promote the development of research infrastructure in New Mexico in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission while assessing and leveraging the many existing core capabilities relative to NASA in the state.
2. Improve the capability of New Mexico to gain support from sources outside the NASA EPSCoR program in space and aerospace related science, technology, engineering and mathematics research.
3. Develop partnerships between NASA research assets and New Mexico academic institutions, federal laboratories, and industry.
4. Contribute to New Mexico's overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities, higher education, and/or economic development.
5. Work in close coordination with the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) to improve the environment for science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education in New Mexico.

New Mexico NASA EPSCoR offers research initiation grants of $25,000 to new faculty, or faculty who are changing their research focus in fields relative to NASA priorities. The purpose of the grant is to help faculty initiate collaborations, publications, and eventually secure non-EPSCoR research funding. Apply for funding.

New Mexico NASA EPSCoR supplies travel funding to New Mexico researchers to visit NASA Centers and other crucial locations associated with NASA research. Apply for funding.

New Mexico NASA EPSCoR also for large research grants for up to $750,000 for three years funding. These awards are selected by a NASA Review Panel. FY 2011 NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN)
Current awards include:

Infrared Development for In-Situ Organic Detection
New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI)
New Mexico Solar and Stellar Seismology
Structural Health Monitoring and Self Healing of Aerospace Structures
Proximity Operations for Near Earth Asteroid Exploration