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

Arkansas Maine Montana South Carolina West Virginia 1980 Alabama Kentucky Nevada North Dakota Oklahoma Puerto Rico Vermont Wyoming 1985 Hawaii New Mexico 2001 U.S. Virgin Islands 2002 Delaware Rhode Island New Hampshire Kansas Nebraska Alaska Idaho Louisiana Mississippi South Dakota Eligible Jurisdictions By Year of Program Entrance

Program Jurisdictions and Funding

Characteristics of EPSCoR Jurisdictions Collectively ─Population: 20% of nation ─Scientists and Engineers: 18% ─Doctoral/Research Universities: 25% ─NSF R&D 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

Average Annual Salary Number of EPSCoR States in the Top (Delaware is #7) Number of EPSCoR States in the Bottom ; –the bottom 12 are EPSCoR States –Puerto Rico last Employees in EPSCoR states are paid 81% of employees in non- EPSCoR states Source: The Dynamics of Technology-Based Economic Development 2004 U.S. Average - $32,890

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” Source: NSF Science and Engineering Indicators , , , , , , , , Wyoming Alaska North Dakota South Dakota Vermont Delaware Montana District of West Virginia Rhode Island Idaho Maine Hawaii Nebraska New Hampshire New Mexico Arkansas Nevada Mississippi Utah Iowa Oklahoma Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Oregon Alabama South Carolina Connecticut Indiana Wisconsin Tennessee Arizona Colorado Missouri Minnesota Washington North Carolina Maryland Georgia Michigan Massachusetts Virginia Ohio New Jersey Pennsylvania Illinois Florida Texas New York California

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

Agents of Change

Accomplishments of North Dakota EPSCoR’s Washington, DC Agents: –The EPSCoR/IDeA Coalition –The EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation

EPSCoR/IDeA Foundation Board Senior University Officials Diverse Agency Expertise Aggressive Agenda

EPSCoR/IDeA Priorities for FY 2007 Grow NASA EPSCoR and DEPSCoR Develop a 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

EPSCoR/IDeA Funding Goals (in millions of dollars) FY 2006 Enacted FY 2007 Goal NSF$99.0$125.0 DOE$7.2$12.5 USDA10% NIH$222.0$250.0 DOD$12.3$20.0 NASA$12.8$15.0 EPA0.0$10.0 TOTAL$367$442.5

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 year’s 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 ALLAgency Interaction: Boards expanded to better interact with ALL EPSCoR/IDeA agencies

Federal R&D Budget Environment for North Dakota’s Researchers

Spending in Billions Source: Congressional Budget Office Six-Year Deficit

FY 1990 Base$8 million FY 2006 Enacted$367 million FY 2007 Goal$442 million FY EPSCoR/IDeA Funding

How Congress and the Agencies View EPSCoR/IDeA’s Results

Comparison of All Jurisdictions and NSF EPSCoR Jurisdictions Percent Change in NSF Research Directorates and Offices from 1996 to 2002 EPSCoR states received 10% of NSF research awards, and 9% of research dollars in * Includes competitive award, supplements, and continuing grant increments. Proposals and Awards Source: NSF Budget Internet Information System (BIIS) Funding Rate tables. Funding for All Actions Sources: BIIS Award and Summary tables. EPSCoR jurisdictions include those in program prior to 1996: AL, AR, ID, KY, LA, KS, ME, MT, MS, NE, NV, ND, OK, PR, SC, SD, VT, WV, WY Percent Change

North Dakota EPSCoR Results

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 Dakota’s existing technology based businesses Facilitating the establishment of new high-technology businesses

Examples of ND EPSCoR ’ s 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

Example of ND IDeA ’ s Achievements 20:1 Return on Investment –NIH’s 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.

Issues and Challenges

EPSCoR 2020: Expanding State Participation in Research in the 21 st Century – A New Vision for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research EPSCoR 2020 Workshop Date: June 15-16, 2006 PI: Jerry Odom Location: Arlington, VA Purpose: “…to look 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.”

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 S&T business plans Accountability – Create shared understanding and definition of success

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