2027–2028 Vermont EPSCoR Pilot Research Grant Program
2027–2028 Vermont EPSCoR Pilot Research Grant Program supports Vermont faculty pursuing innovative, SOCKS-aligned scientific research to advance the state’s research strengths.
Funder: Vermont EPSCoR
Due Dates: February 12, 2027, by 11:59 p.m. (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000 in direct costs plus applicable indirect costs; June 1, 2027–May 31, 2028
Summary: Supports innovative, SOCKS-aligned scientific research that advances Vermont’s research strengths.
Key Information: Principal investigators must be full-time faculty at Vermont higher-education institutions, without existing Vermont EPSCoR RII Track-1 support.
Description
The Vermont EPSCoR Office, administered by the University of Vermont, supports innovative research aligned with Vermont’s NSF-funded Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1 project, Harnessing the Data Revolution for Vermont: The Science of Online Corpora, Knowledge, and Stories (SOCKS). SOCKS uses quantitative measurement of sentiment and stories across diverse corpora to understand narratives in social, economic, and health domains.
The program welcomes early-stage, proof-of-concept projects as well as research that complements or builds upon existing SOCKS activities. Relevant areas include data science and data visualization, healthcare communications, and computational social science. Projects should have the potential to advance Vermont’s research strengths. Priority goes to junior faculty (assistant professors or equivalent rank) and applications engaging Vermont primary undergraduate institutions (PUIs).
