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Dartmouth will benefit from a $6.67 million grant to the State of
New Hampshire from the National Science
Foundation (NSF). The award, from NSF’s Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR), will support research infrastructure improvement
at several sites around the state.
“We’re delighted to be part of New Hampshire’s EPSCoR program,” says Martin
Wybourne, vice provost for research. “The improved
facilities supported by this award, coupled with the ease of collaboration
among partners around the state provide many opportunities for our faculty and
students.”
The grant, titled “Enabling Technologies for Scientific Innovation through
Sensor Development,” will be used to buy instruments and create testing
facilities at the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth to support
research in nanotechnology, space satellite systems, and atmospheric and
aquatic environments. A portion of the grant will augment state support
for the New Hampshire Innovation Research Center, which underwrites research
collaborations with universities and colleges to benefit companies.
“This grant is another step in our efforts to make New Hampshire a
place of innovation, where we are creating the jobs of tomorrow today,”
Governor John
Lynch said in a statement. “It will allow our institutions, our
companies and our state to foster innovation which will further
strengthen our economic future here in New Hampshire.”
Since 2005, more than $12.46 million in EPSCoR grants has been awarded to
UNH, Dartmouth College, Plymouth State University, the NH
Community College at Berlin, Colby-Sawyer College, the NH Innovation
Research Center, and three small companies.
By SUSAN KNAPP
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