DURHAM, N.H. -新罕布什尔州将加强其作为科学技术创新者的研究领导地位，并通过对该州高等教育机构的投资来增加其STEM劳动力, 这要感谢美国国家科学基金会向永利app新版本官网地址提供的800万美元资助. The cooperative agreement award, one of just three of its type in the nation, aims to increase research opportunities, mentoring, training and partnerships between New Hampshire’s community colleges, four-year colleges and universities and industry.

“With this support, 永利app新版本官网地址将与新罕布什尔州合作，建立一个更强大的研究基础设施，使该州的所有机构都能更有意义地参与资助的研究项目, building New Hampshire’s STEM workforce and driving the state’s innovation economy,” said Marian McCord, senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach and principal investigator on the grant.

The initiative, called New Hampshire Long-term Investment to Fuel Transformative research (NH-LIFT), will provide several different opportunities—for students to pursue research experiences in areas that align with their interests; for academic and industry researchers to expand their research pursuits through external funding and accessible research infrastructure; and for the state to increase and retain a skilled workforce-ready population.

Among NH-LIFT’s initiatives are:

• 发展一个全州范围的研究设施网络，以扩大获得先进仪器和技术专长的机会.
• 通过支持研究的跨机构规划和合作伙伴关系，提高学生和早期职业研究人员的成功, mentoring, career development and retention.
• 提高以本科院校和小企业为主的科研支持和服务能力.

“New Hampshire’s research community drives scientific progress. It creates jobs, 加强我们的地方经济，解决我们国家一些最紧迫的挑战,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, chair of the U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee and chair of the U.S. 参议院商业、司法、科学及相关机构拨款小组委员会. “我毫不怀疑，获得这个奖项的是新罕布什尔州燃料转型研究长期投资(NH-LIFT)项目, spearheaded by the University of New Hampshire, will achieve great outcomes. Through collaborations like these, 新罕布什尔州的学院和大学已经证明，他们可以培养和输送美国的下一代STEM领导者. This award is a win for the Granite State’s scientific community. 我期待在继续争取投资的同时，继续关注和庆祝它的成果, through the EPSCoR program, that benefit the state of New Hampshire.” 

“NH-LIFT项目通过将新罕布什尔州的学院和大学与我们的企业结合起来推动我们的经济发展，体现了新罕布什尔州的创新精神,” said Sen. Maggie Hassan. “我在国会的另一边工作，帮助制定并通过了《永利app新版本官网地址》，这样像这样的项目才有可能实现, 我很高兴看到800万美元来到我们州，帮助加强尖端研究和我们的STEM劳动力.

Partners in the four-year NH-LIFT initiative are the Community College System of New Hampshire; UNH and Dartmouth College, the state’s two research universities; and primarily undergraduate-serving institutions Antioch University New England, Colby-Sawyer College, Franklin Pierce University, Keene State College, New England College, Plymouth State University, Rivier University and Saint Anselm College.

By engaging the full spectrum of post-secondary education in the state, NH-LIFT旨在为更多种族多元化的学生扩大为该州创新经济做出贡献的机会, first-generation or from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

“To build sustainable research capacity, 我们正在利用全州各个机构的优势，建立持久的网络,” said Melinda Treadwell, president of Keene State College. “At Keene State College, 我们期待着建立在整个国家现有的合作伙伴关系，以提高机会，我们的学生和教师从事强大的研究.”

NH-LIFT得到了国家科学基金会EPSCoR研究基础设施改进E-CORE项目的支持. UNH also secured and managed NSF EPSCoR’s last major investment in New Hampshire, the $20 million NH BioMade initiative, which supports the state’s rapidly growing biomaterials industry. 

The University of New Hampshire inspires innovation and transforms lives in our state, nation and world. More than 16,来自美国49个州和82个国家的6000名学生与屡获殊荣的教师一起学习一流的商业课程, engineering, law, health and human services, liberal arts and the sciences across more than 200 programs of study. A Carnegie Classification R1 institution, UNH partners with NASA, NOAA, NSF, and NIH, 并在23财年获得了超过2.1亿美元的竞争性外部资金，用于进一步探索和确定土地边界, sea and space. 

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