EPSCoR Missouri is submitting a Track 2 proposal with Kansas and Oklahoma.  Updates on the status of the proposal will be posted here.

The EPSCoR team would like to thank everyone who helped prepare our Track 1 proposal.  We will provide updates on this site.

Feel free to use this fillable cover page (not required).

EPSCoR Missouri has been awarded a planning grant based on a proposal submitted in January, 2012. This planning grant will fund preparations for the full proposal due in October, 2012.

This rubric will be used by the advisory committee as the concept papers are evaluated.

Here is the presentation from Project Director Joe Polacco’s webinar on April 18, 2012.  This presentation is an overview and then focuses on research.  Download presentation here.

Here is the presentation from Project Co-director Anna Waldron’s webinar on April 18, 2012.  This presentation is an overview and then STEM education focused.  Download presentation here.

This FAQ document answers some of our most frequently asked questions to date.  Feel free to print and distribute.

It has come to our attention in the last few days  that the email note inviting concept papers for EPSCoR Missouri may not have been distributed as widely as we had hoped. That original note is pasted below for your information.  To try to rectify this, the EPSCoR Governing Committee has approved an extension of the deadline for concept papers.  Instead of May 1 as originally planned, the deadline for receipt of concept papers will be 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 15.  All other instructions remain the same as outlined in the attached document.

We have scheduled two webinars for next week to provide details about EPSCoR planning efforts in Missouri and to answer questions.  Webinars are scheduled for Wednesday, April 18^th at 10 am and 2 pm.  Registration is not necessary. Anyone who is interested will be able to  access the webinars at

http://muresearch.adobeconnect.com/epscor/.  Computers must have Internet access and sound to view the webinar.

To help connect individuals who are planning concept papers with other interested parties from around the state, we will add a table of concept papers and contact persons to the EPSCoR website at http://www.epscormissouri.org/.  If you are involved in planning a concept paper, please send the topic of your concept paper, your name, and your email address to EPSCoR@Missouri.edu as soon as possible.

In addition to the webinars and webpage, efforts to communicate about EPSCoR Missouri include presentations by planning personnel.  If you would like to arrange for a presentation in your region, be sure to let us know.  We can be reached at EPSCoR@Missouri.edu.

Joe Polacco, PhD
EPSCoR Project Director

Welcome to the EPSCoR Missouri site.  We hope you will find all the information you need to become involved in the statewide EPSCoR effort.  If you have questions, please email epscor@missouri.edu.  Thank you!