North Dakota Research Accomplishments with EPSCoR/IDeA Support

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• North Dakota Research Accomplishments with
  EPSCoR/IDeA Support
• a presentation by
• Jim Hoehn
• Senior Associate EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation
• Washington, DC
• September 29, 2006

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Eligible JurisdictionsBy Year of Program Entrance

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Program Jurisdictions and Funding
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Characteristics of EPSCoR Jurisdictions
Collectively

• Population 20 of nation
• Scientists and Engineers 18
• Doctoral/Research Universities 25
• NSF RD Funding 10 of total
• NAEP Performance 8 of the top 10 States are
  EPSCoR States
• Scholars and Fellows 22 of Goldwater Scholars
  6 of NSF Graduate Fellows

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Average Annual Salary

• Number of EPSCoR States in the Top 10 -- 1
  (Delaware is 7)
• Number of EPSCoR States in the Bottom 10 -- 10
• the bottom 12 are EPSCoR States
• Puerto Rico last
• Employees in EPSCoR states are paid 81 of
  employees in non-EPSCoR states

U.S. Average - 32,890
Source The Dynamics of Technology-Based Economic
Development 2004
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Bachelors Degrees in the Workforce

• EPSCoR States have 90 of the Bachelors Degree
  holders in their workforces compared to the
  Nation
• EPSCoR States are a net provider of Bachelor
  degree holders to other states
• This is called the demographic death spiral

1999
2004
1994
1999
1994
2004
Source NSF Science and Engineering Indicators
2006
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Consistent Themes Throughout the Life of the
EPSCoR Program

• State-based
• State steering committee
• State commitment
• Competitive awards with national review
• Development within state context
• Scientific infrastructure development
• Highly focused scientifically

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• Agents of Change

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Agents of Change

• Accomplishments of North Dakota EPSCoRs
  Washington, DC Agents
• The EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition
• The EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation

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EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board

• Senior University Officials
• Diverse
• Agency Expertise
• Aggressive Agenda

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EPSCoR/IDeA Priorities for FY 2007

• Grow NASA EPSCoR and DEPSCoR
• Develop a 15-20 year vision for NSF EPSCoR
• Maintain a strong NIH IDeA Program
• Better coordinate EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition and
  Foundation, while preserving separate identity
• Increase interaction among various EPSCoR/IDeA
  constituencies

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EPSCoR/IDeA Funding Goals (in millions of
dollars)
FY 2006 Enacted FY 2007 Goal
NSF 99.0 125.0
DOE 7.2 12.5
USDA 10 10
NIH 222.0 250.0
DOD 12.3 20.0
NASA 12.8 15.0
EPA 0.0 10.0
TOTAL 367 442.5
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EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Accomplishments

• NSF EPSCoR Request 94 million in FY 06 first
  time since FY 2000 that NSF requested an increase
  in EPSCoR funding over the prior years
  congressional appropriation
• Workshop NSF holds EPSCoR 2020 visionary
  workshop
• Visibility Foundation increases visibility of
  EPSCoR/IDeA with top federal officials
• NIH Budget NIH budget holds at 222 million
  while overall NIH research funding growth ends
  no reprogramming of IDeA funds
• Agency Interaction Boards expanded to better
  interact with ALL EPSCoR/IDeA agencies

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• Federal RD Budget Environment for North Dakotas
  Researchers

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Six-Year Deficit
Spending in Billions
Source Congressional Budget Office
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FY 1990-2006EPSCoR/IDeA Funding
FY 1990 Base 8 million FY 2006 Enacted 367
million FY 2007 Goal 442 million
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How Congress and the Agencies View EPSCoR/IDeAs
Results
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Comparison of All Jurisdictions and NSF EPSCoR
JurisdictionsPercent Change in NSF Research
Directorates and Offices from 1996 to 2002
Percent Change
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• North Dakota EPSCoR Results

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ND EPSCoR Achievements

• Indications that EPSCoR is transforming the
  science and technology infrastructure of ND
• Increases in the number of Ph.D-level scientists
  engineers
• Increased in the proposal submission rates for
  merit-based grants and contracts
• Increases in the proposal success rate for
  merit-based grants and contracts
• North Dakota EPSCoR increasingly influences
  AURA/STTAR students choice of science and
  technology careers
• Enhancing the productivity and profitability of
  North Dakotas existing technology based
  businesses
• Facilitating the establishment of new
  high-technology businesses

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Examples of ND EPSCoRs Achievements

• The state's overall investment of 24.3 million
  has resulted in over 169 million in external
  awards to EPSCoR-supported researchers since 1986
  
• The 100 million awarded to EPSCoR-supported
  researchers since 1986 has had over a 230
  million total impact on the economy of North
  Dakota

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Example of ND IDeAs Achievements

• 201 Return on Investment
• NIHs Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence
  (COBRE) research cluster faculty supported by
  North Dakota EPSCoR and matching funds from the
  state of North Dakota have generated federal
  grant income over 20 times the initial investment.

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• Issues and Challenges

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EPSCoR 2020 Workshop
EPSCoR 2020 Expanding State Participation in
Research in the 21st Century A New Vision for
the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research
Date June 15-16, 2006 PI Jerry
Odom Location Arlington, VA Purpose to
look 10-20 years into the future and think
strategically about investments that will be
needed to create the national research capacity
that NSF would like to achieve a new vision
for EPSCoR.
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Strategic Priorities

• Provide more Flexible RII awards
• increase size and duration of RII grants
• Increase geographical dispersion of funding and
  participation
• Relocate EPSCoR program to OIA
• Revitalize and extend other components of EPSCoR
• Co-funding
• Planning grants
• Outreach
• Restore experimental nature of EPSCoR
• Use program as testbed
• Develop state strategic ST business plans
• Accountability
• Create shared understanding and definition of
  success

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Issues and Challenges

• Accountability
• Attribution
• Program Flexibility
• Linkage to Emerging Federal Priorities (ACI and
  Gathering Storm)
• Tight Budget Scenario
• State ST plans and Investments in S/T