The North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research provides competitive funding designed to increase graduate school opportunities for students from Dickinson State University, Mayville State University, Minot State University, Valley City State University and the state’s tribal colleges.

The Graduate Student Research Assistantship program supports master’s or doctoral degree applicants in science, engineering and mathematics at North Dakota’s two research universities, NDSU and the University of North Dakota. American Indian and Alaskan native applicants must have graduated from one of the N.D. tribal colleges or have been a participant in N.D. EPSCoR’s Nurturing American Tribal Undergraduate Research and Education (NATURE) program. 

Faculty and staff are invited to recruit students. Application reviews will begin Feb. 9, 2012, with a final deadline of noon, March 8, 2012. Program information and application requirements are at www.ndepscor.nodak.edu.

N.D. EPSCoR is a federally and state funded program designed to improve the ability of university researchers to compete more effectively for federal, regional and private research grants in science, engineering and mathematics.

Questions can be directed to David R. Givers at 1-7516 or david.givers@ndsu.edu.