How much funding is available in total?

$37,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.

When is the application deadline?

Jul 20, 2027. Response date as listed on grants.gov

Is matching funding required?

No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per the labeled field

FederalOpenFixed dateU.S. National Science Foundation

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems

Award ceiling: Not stated
Closes: Jul 20, 2027
Last verified: 2026-09-04

Per-recipient award not stated for other legal entity, closing Jul 20, 2027.

Official page Sign in to trackVerified2026-09-04

Other Legal EntityScience, Technology, Research & Development

In one sentence

EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to other legal entity, closing Jul 20, 2027.

Record fields

Program pool (total): $37,500,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project): Not confirmed
Estimated total funding for the program
Award floor: Not confirmed
Typical award: Not confirmed
Deadline: Jul 20, 2027
Deadline type: Fixed date
Opens: Dec 14, 2024
Status: Open
Eligible entities: Other Legal Entity
Geography: Not stated
Matching funds: No
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Application effort: Not confirmed
Use of funds: Research infrastructure development and enhancement · Research administration · Research facilities and cyberinfrastructure · STEM education pathways (K-12) · Higher education pathways · Early career investigator pathways · Broadening participation · Workforce development · National and global partnerships · Community engagement and outreach · Technology transfer · Economic development · Use-inspired research pathways
Currency: USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle

$37,500,000

Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive

Not stated

Source wording: “Estimated total funding for the program”

Who can apply?

level

federal

Derived from the source that published this record

entity

Other Legal Entity

Source field: entity types

industry

Science, Technology, Research & Development

Source field: industries

use

Broadening participation, Community engagement and outreach, Early career investigator pathways, Economic development, Higher education pathways, National and global partnerships, Research administration, Research facilities and cyberinfrastructure, Research infrastructure development and enhancement, STEM education pathways (K-12)

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, Technology transfer, Use-inspired research pathways, Workforce development

Source field: use of funds

size limit

Not stated

Source field: applicant size limit

clause text

Organizations must be within EPSCoR-eligible jurisdictions. Proposals must be multi-organizational. Organizations with active E-CORE or RII Track-1 awards cannot submit unless in final year or no-cost extension with no renewal planned.

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Jul 20, 2027316 daysDeadline type Fixed date

Response date as listed on grants.gov

What can the money be used for?

13 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.

Research infrastructure development and enhancementResearch administrationResearch facilities and cyberinfrastructureSTEM education pathways (K-12)Higher education pathwaysEarly career investigator pathwaysBroadening participationWorkforce developmentNational and global partnershipsCommunity engagement and outreachTechnology transferEconomic developmentUse-inspired research pathways

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.

Application effort: Not confirmed
Disbursement: Not confirmed
Matching funds: No
Cost sharing is false per the labeled field

What comparable notices state

113 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 113 of 353 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

25th percentile$500,000
Median$1,500,000
75th percentile$5,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

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How much funding is available in total?: $37,500,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?: Jul 20, 2027. Response date as listed on grants.gov
Who is eligible to apply?: Other Legal Entity.
What can the funding be used for?: Research infrastructure development and enhancement, Research administration, Research facilities and cyberinfrastructure, STEM education pathways (K-12), Higher education pathways, Early career investigator pathways, Broadening participation, Workforce development, National and global partnerships, Community engagement and outreach, Technology transfer, Economic development, Use-inspired research pathways, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?: No. The source states that no matching funds are required. Cost sharing is false per the labeled field

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Provenance

Source pagegrants.gov

Retrieved2026-09-04

MethodAutomated check

First seen2026-09-01

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