The University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) recently received a competitive 3-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of their Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program to strengthen the university's role in research, innovation, and workforce development. This is the second largest award from NSF in UTPB's history.
For this collaborative proposal, UTPB partnered with four additional institutions, University of West Florida, Frostburg State University, Northern Virginia Community College, and University of Wisconsin Parkside, with each institution in the cohortreceiving their own $400,000 grant from NSF. The theme of the collaborative proposal is Advancing Regional Innovation through Sustainable Engagement, or ARISE for short.