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1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Office of Education
Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research
(EPSCoR)
PM Challenge 2012
Orlando, Florida
2. Agenda
• Definition
• Project Life Cycle
• Organizational Structure
• External Factors
• Defining Success
• Risk Management
• Example of Projects
NASA Office of Education
3. EPSCoR Definition
• NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research (EPSCoR) project was
established by Congress in 1992 with Public Law
102-588.
• EPSCoR strengthens the research capability of
jurisdictions that have not in the past participated
equably in competitive aerospace and aerospace-
related research activities.
NASA Office of Education
4. Where does EPSCoR fit?
NASA Education Portfolio Strategic Framework
Outcome 1:
Higher
Contribute to development
Education
of the STEM workforce
Outcome 2: Elementary/
Attract and retain Secondary
Informal Outcome 3:
students in STEM Education
Education Build strategic
disciplines
partnerships and
linkages between STEM
formal and informal
education providers
Principles/ Partnerships/
NASA
Relevance Diversity Evaluation Continuity
Criteria Content Sustainability
NASA Office of Education
5. Goal & Objectives
Provide seed funding that will enable jurisdictions to develop an academic
research enterprise directed toward long-term, self-sustaining, nationally-
competitive capabilities in aerospace and aerospace-related research.
• Contribute to and promote the development of research infrastructure in NASA EPSCoR
jurisdictions in areas of strategic importance to the NASA mission;
• Improve the capabilities of the NASA EPSCoR jurisdictions to gain support from sources
outside the NASA EPSCoR program;
• Develop partnerships between NASA research assets, academic institutions, and
industry;
• Contribute to the overall research infrastructure, science and technology capabilities,
higher education, and/or economic development of the jurisdiction; and
• Work in close coordination with Space Grant to improve the environment for science,
technology, engineering and mathematics education in the jurisdiction.
NASA Office of Education
6. NASA EPSCoR Jurisdiction 2011
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Eligible NASA EPSCoR Jurisdictions
NASANASA Legislation: Eligibility determined by National Science Foundation EPSCoR
Per Office of Education
7. Major Components
Research Infrastructure Development (RID) Awards
• Enable jurisdictions to build and strengthen relationships
and improve contacts with NASA researchers; develop
ideas for future proposals
• One per jurisdiction
• $125,000/year, 3 + 2 year award
Research Awards
• Topic-specific proposals targeted at high-priority NASA
research and technology development needs
• Annual solicitation
• Max $750,000 for a 36-month award
• Number of awards based on proposal merit and dollar
amount available
NASA Office of Education
8. RIDs and Research
• 27 RID awards
– Funded through FY 2012
• 115 Research Awards
– 24 from FY 2007
– 12 from FY 2008
– 27 from FY 2009
– 24 from FY 2010
– 28 from FY 2011
NASA Office of Education
12. EPSCoR is Multi-Project Management
• Are the project objectives the same?
– For the good of the project?
– For the good of the Jurisdiction?
– For the good of NASA?
• Is there a distinction between projects?
– Jurisdictions
– Mission Directorates
• How do we handle conflicting priorities?
– NASA Priorities vs Jurisdiction Priorities
– Mission Directorates’ Priorities
– NASA Office of Education Priorities
NASA Office of Education
13. General Organizational Structure
HQ OFFICE OF EDUCATION
HE PROGRAM MANAGER
SPACE GRANTS AND EPSCoR KSC EDUCATION
Program MANAGER DIRECTOR
Functionally
Administrative
NASA EPSCoR
Project Manager
Budget and Performance
Program Analysts
Project Coordinator
Mission Directorate and OCT Liaisons
NASA EPSCoR
NASA Field Centers NASA Field Centers NASA EPSCoR External Partners
Principal
Technical Monitors Point of Contact - UAOs Fellows
Investigators
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14. Organizational Structure: Jurisdiction Viewpoint
EPSCoR
Project Manager
Jurisdiction 1 Jurisdiction 2 Jurisdiction 29
PI PI PI
Staff Staff Staff
Science PIs Science PIs Science PIs
RID and RID and RID and
Research Research Research
Project Levels Project Levels Project Levels
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16. External Factors
• The business environment
• The Academic environment
• The political environment
• The economic climate
• Regulatory agencies
• STEM leading edge/state-of-the-art
• EICC
NASA Office of Education
17. Research Proposal Review Process
Online Peer Review
All proposals are evaluated by a minimum of four reviewers for
technical merit and relevance to NASA research and technical
development needs and priorities. The selected reviewers are
nationally recognized professionals and/or NASA subject area
experts.
Internal Panel Review
A HQ NASA panel composed of representatives from the four
Mission Directorates and the Office of the Chief Technologist
evaluate the online peer review inputs. They then categorize the
proposals using prioritization system from which proposals are then
selected for funding.
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18. EPSCoR Interagency Coordinating
Committee (EICC)
The EICC focuses on improving coordination among and
between the federal agencies in implementing EPSCoR and
EPSCoR-like programs consistent with the policies of those
agencies. Members are:
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• Department of Energy (DOE)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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19. Other Federal Agency EPSCoR Programs
DOD Not active at present; expected to be re-
established in next year or two
DOE Located in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences
EPA Not active at present
NASA Located in the Office of Education
NIH Located in the Institute of General Medical
Sciences (may relocate in the next year)
NSF Located in the Office of Integrative Activities,
NSF Director
USDA Located in the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (along with the Land Grant
Extension program)
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23. Exploration Systems
Miniature In Vivo Surgical Robotics for Long-Term Space Flight (2010-2012)
Research:
•In vivo robots to support surgery during
long-duration space missions.
•Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic
Surgery.
•Current Achievements:
•Start-up company Virtual Incision
Corporation (VIC).
•$2.1 M investment from two venture
capital groups.
•$2.7 M grant from Human Research
Program at JSC. It is expect to be used in
humans in early 2012.
NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska
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24. Space Operations
CubeLab Standard for Improved Access to the ISS for Science Payloads
(2010-2012)
Cube Lab Status
• Currently installed and operating in
EXPRESS Rack 4 in the JEM
• Manifested to fly on all current launch
vehicles (Progress, Soyuz, HTV, ATV, &
DragonLab)
• Low-cost, repeatable access to ISS National
Lab
CubeLab Elements
KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky
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25. Space Operations/Aeronautics
Microwave Plasma Processing of Nano-Structural Diamond Coatings
(1997-2003)
•Innovation/Patent:
•US patent 2001.
•Nanostructure diamond coating for NASA and
aerospace cutting tools.
•Wear-resistant coating of biomedical implants
Venture Projects:
•Vista Engineering, Applied NanoCarbon, and
Integrated Medical Systems Inc.
Additional Funding:
•$1.35 MNSF-NIRT award
•$2 MNIH award
ALABAMA
University of Alabama at Birmingham
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26. Exploration Systems
RFID and RTLS Enhancement for Inventory Management and Logistics
of Space Transportation Systems (2010-2012)
Results: RFID technology currently undergoing testing at
KSC/SSPF for possible use on ISS.
•RFID retrieves data
stored on tags. Next Goal: Tag and track individual medication doses.
•RTLS are wireless
systems that provide the
location of objects in real
time.
• Integration of RFID &
RTLS will allow NASA to
make automatic and
locate misplaced
equipment.
NEBRASKA
University of Nebraska
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27. Impact on Underserved Communities
Native Americans
“Biomolecular Substrates of Extraterrestrial
Life: Revealing Secrets of Extremophilic
Archaea and their Viruses”
Native American Research Laboratory(NARL)
•Established and directed by a Native American
Scientist, Professor Michael Ceballos
(Tepehuan/Tsalagi/Choctaw), research Assistant
Professor at the University of Montana.
•Provides “hands-on” research experiences to Native
American undergraduates, graduate students, and high
school students in an interdisciplinary research
environment.
MONTANA
University of Montana
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Notes de l'éditeur
Reviewers were identified from numerous sources: recommendations from NASA Mission Directorate and Office of the Chief Technologist representatives, reviewers from previous EPSCoR solicitations, NSPIRES database, non-EPSCoR Space Grant directors, University Research Centers directors, and Google searches.Each proposal was assigned to a minimum of three online peer reviewers, including at least one NASA reviewer. 141 reviewers participated in the online peer review
Data from Denise Barnes( NSF- EICC) email 5th May 2011.
Data from Denise Barnes( NSF- EICC) email 5th May 2011.
Miniature In Vivo Surgical Robotics for Long-Term Space Flight (2010-2012)Research: Design, simulate, and test miniature in vivo robots to support surgery during long-duration space missions. The project explores the use of a new technique called Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery. Current Achievements: Work has been licensed to a start-up company Virtual Incision Corporation (VIC). This start-up received a $2.1 M investment from two venture capital groups in October 2010. This research project received $1.35 M grant in 2009 and was recently awarded a $2.7 M grant to further develop the robots to support long-term space flight through the Human Research Program at NASA’s Johnson Spaceflight Center (JSC). It is expect to be used in humans in early 2012.
CubeLab Standard for Improved Access to the International Space Station for Science payloads (2010-2012)Currently installed and operating in EXPRESS Rack 4 in the JEM Manifested to fly on all current launch vehicles (Progress, Soyuz, HTV, ATV, & DragonLab)Low-cost, repeatable access to ISS National LabDesigned as an accessible standard platform for NASA and commercial micro-gravity experiments (Plant growth, biological, chemical, radiation effects on electronics, combustion)
Microwave Plasma Processing of Nano-Structural Diamond Coatings (1997-2003)Innovation/Patent: This grant led to a patent: United States Patent Number 6,183,818 entitled “Process for Ultra Smooth Diamond Coating on Metals and Uses Thereof”,in 2001. This patented research led to applications of nanostructured diamond coating in a variety of fields including cutting tools that support structures used by NASA and Aerospace as well as wear-resistant coating of biomedical implants to increase their service lifetime. Venture Projects: It also led to collaborative projects with three Birmingham based companies, Vista Engineering, Applied NanoCarbon, and Integrated Medical Systems Inc.Additional Funding: This work resulted in many proposals for applications of this technology. Principal awards included: An NSF-NIRT award of $1.35 M, and an NIH award of $2 M.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Enhancement for Inventory Management and Logistics of Space Transportation Systems (2010-2012)RFID is an automatic identification method that relies on remotely retrieving data stored on tags using devices called readers. RTLS are wireless systems that provide the location of objects in real time using tags attached to objects and readers that receive the wireless signals from the tags to determine their location . Integration of RFID & RTLS will allow NASA to make automatic, crew-free inventories and locate misplaced equipment.
Native American Research Laboratory (NARL)The NARL was conceptualized and established by a Native American Scientist, Professor Michael Ceballos.Ceballos(Tepehuan/Tsalagi/Choctaw) serves as Director of NARL and is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana. NARL was established at UM to provide “hands-on” research experiences to Native American undergraduates, graduate students and also high school students in an interdisciplinary research environment.Funding for NARL has come from a variety of sources including a NASA EPSCoR research award entitled “Biomolecular Substrates of Extraterrestrial Life: Revealing Secrets of ExtremophilicArchaea and their Viruses”. Ceballos serves as the science-PI on this multi-institutional award. Ceballos is the first in his family to obtain an advanced degree and hopes to encourage other Native scholars to pursue careers in science and mathematics.
