Recent data from the National Science Foundation shows that Arkansas now ranks No. 1 in national Innovation Corps (I-Corps) teams among the 28 states and U.S. territories, including Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, eligible for Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) funding.
Previously, Arkansas was ranked No. 16, climbing 15 positions to the No. 1 spot in the past two years. Among EPSCoR-eligible states, Arkansas now has nearly twice as many teams as No. 2 ranked Alabama.
The state is ranked No. 15 among all states, regardless of EPSCoR eligibility. This ranking is up from No. 43 in recent years and surpasses states such as Colorado, Arizona and Virginia.
NSF launched the I-Corps program in 2011 to leverage investments in basic and applied research for increased economic and societal impact. I-Corps is unique among other federal training programs due to its focus on increasing the nation’s economic competitiveness, commercialization of federally supported technologies and enhancement of partnerships between academia and industry.
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