The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR, establishes partnerships with government, higher education, and industry that are designed to affect lasting improvements in a state’s or region’s research infrastructure, R&D capacity and hence, its national R&D competitiveness.
The goal of Delaware’s NASA EPSCoR program is to provide seed funding to develop academic research enterprises directed toward long-term, nationally-competitive capabilities in areas of science and technology related to NASA’s broad interests, including space, aeronautics, astrophysics, and engineering. These capabilities are also meant to contribute to Delaware’s economic viability.
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2025-2026 Delaware NASA EPSCoR RID Seed Grant Program Awards
Congratulations to the NASA_EPSCoR_SeedGrant_2025-2026 awardees! Each researcher received a seed award up to the amount of $21,000 in direct funds for their projects:
Nuwan Dewapriya, UD Center for Composite Materials
Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Semi-crystalline Thermoplastics for Integration into NASA Multiscale Analysis Tool (NASMAT)
Kelvin Fu, UD Mechanical Engineering
Advanced Fiber-Reinforced Composite Technologies for Lunar and Space Habitat Shielding
Francesco Pecora, UD Physics and Astronomy
Tracking Solar Wind Evolution: Acquiring Turbulence Properties from PSP and PUNCH White-Light Images
Jun Xu, UD Mechanical Engineering
Dynamic Electrochemo-Mechanics in Solid-state Batteries under Extreme Conditions