UNC NSF Grant Supports Entrepreneurship, Workforce Resilience, and Development
The University of Northern Colorado was one of 50 institutions awarded a three-year, $400,000 Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) grant from the National Science Foundation. The EPIIC grant, executed by the Monfort College of Business, is designed to encourage minority-serving institutions, two-year institutions, primarily undergraduate institutions and other emerging research institutions to participate in and strengthen regional innovation ecosystems.
“This project has significant potential to benefit the residents in the Front Range region, many who come from underrepresented communities and who work in low-paying agricultural jobs,” said Isaac Wanasika, professor and department chair of management at MCB.
This is the largest grant MCB has ever received and the first time the college has secured funding from the NSF.
As part of the award, UNC was paired with three other institutions, forming the Enabling Meaningful External Research Growth in Emergent Technologies (EMERGE) cohort.
