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Outreach
Contact between EPSCoR researchers and NSF Program Officers is
an important factor in increasing the number and quality of grant
proposals from the EPSCoR jurisdictions. EPSCoR Outreach is designed
to increase the number of such contacts and to maximize their effectiveness.
The NSF EPSCoR Office will pay the costs of outreach visits to
EPSCoR jurisdictions by NSF staff, (NOTE: Program Officers who are
Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) employees are not eligible
for EPSCoR Outreach travel support.) To qualify for this funding
NSF staff must travel solely for the purpose of EPSCoR Outreach;
program site visits are the responsibility of the managing program
and cannot be supported with EPSCoR Outreach funds.
An outreach visit may be initiated either by 1) an EPSCoR jurisdiction
host (e.g., faculty member, administrator, State EPSCoR Project
Director) or 2) an NSF visitor (e.g., Program Officer, Division
Director, DIS FastLane staff person.) In either case, effective
planning, advisedly begun at least 3 weeks in advance, is critical.
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