November 15, 2024
Juniper Lovato, PhD, SOCKS co-PI, spoke with graduate students from across the disciplines, at the Howe Library on University of Vermont (UVM) campus, providing an installment for the "Random Chat about Data" series on November 15, 2024. Dr. Lovato spoke about her background and journey to the SOCKS project, research that has intrigued her over the years, and topics related to ...

November 15, 2024
Vermont EPSCoR will once again provide the opportunity for Vermont small businesses to compete for awards to foster research and development projects which will lead to applications to federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. VT EPSCoR SBIR/STTR Phase (0) provides Vermont based businesses the opportunity to ...

November 14, 2024
Vermont EPSCoR will once again provide the opportunity for Vermont researchers to compete for awards that support research aligned with Vermont EPSCoR priorities. The Vermont EPSCoR Pilot Research Grant Program provides Vermont researchers the opportunity to compete for up to $15,000. The goal of the 2025–2026 Vermont EPSCoR Pilot Research Grant Program is to support ...

November 14, 2024
The Vermont EPSCoR’s SOCKS research team is currently recruiting undergraduate students for an exciting ten-week, paid internship opportunity based at the University of Vermont (UVM) beginning May 26, 2025. Interns will delve into research projects - an opportunity not often available during the academic year. Projects are markedly different from most course-based work in ...

October 31, 2024
Darcy Brouillette, Program Manager for the Vermont EPSCoR Center for Workforce and Professional Education at Vermont State University (VT EPSCoR VTSU CWPE), attended the National Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (NDiSTEM) Conference from October 31 to November 2, 2024.

November 11, 2024
The project, "Advancing Quality and Climate-Resilient Water Management with Community Partnerships and Enhanced Sensor Network," provides approximately $2.7 million through 2028 to develop affordable water monitoring systems using advanced sensor networks. The project also brings in partners from new Mexico State University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

October 14, 2024
To improve water quality and develop and fortify community-based infrastructure, the University of Vermont and several partner institutions across the country have been awarded $6 million as part of a $77.8 investment by the National Science Foundation to build climate resilience capacity through its Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

October 10, 2024
Renée Simkins, Educational Outreach Coordinator, VT EPSCoR Center for Workforce and Professional Education at Vermont State University, and VT EPSCoR SOCKS Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) Cailin Gramling attended The Women Can Do (WCD) Expo on October 10, 2024 at VTSU campus in Randolph, Vermont to introduce Vermont high school students to the RII Track-1 project, Harnessing ...

Oct 26, 2024
The University of Vermont Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Vermont Complex Systems Institute (VCSI) at its annual Fall meeting Friday at the Dudley H. Davis Center.
 
The proposed Institute reflects the evolution of the existing Vermont Complex Systems Center in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences to a university-wide institute reporting to ...

October 13, 2024
Vermont EPSCoR was well represented at the Omaha, Nebraska 28th National EPSCoR Conference.