The University of Tulsa College of Law is participating in a new $20 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, administered by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which will support interdisciplinary research to benefit Oklahoma. The grant has a five-year award term.
Under the grant, a team of 34 researchers from Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, The University of Tulsa, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Langston University, East Central University and Noble Research Institute are developing and testing science-based solutions for complex problems at the intersection of land use, water availability and infrastructure. The project also offers the potential to promote STEM education and efforts to broaden the participation of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in STEM disciplines.
The award is managed by Raymond Huhnke, Oklahoma EPSCoR project director and OSU Regents Professor. Co-lead researchers on the multi-institutional collaborative project are Hank Jenkins-Smith and Carol Silva, co-associate directors of the OU National Institute for Risk and Resilience and professors of political science at OU. Warigia M. Bowman is the principal investigator representing TU.