Multidisciplinary Innovation Through the E-CORE Seed Funding Awards

University of Guam leadership, faculty researchers, and student interns pose for a photo following the announcement of the inaugural Guam NSF EPSCoR E-CORE seed funding awards. From left to right: Terry Donaldson, Ph.D., Project Director and Principal Investigator for Guam NSF EPSCoR E-CORE; Aldrei Francis M. Bituin, student research intern, UOG School of Engineering; Marco C. Pangilinan, student research intern, UOG School of Engineering; Phuong Tung Hoang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, UOG School of Engineering; Jaeyong Choi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics, UOG College of Natural & Applied Sciences; and Janet Terlaje Dirige, MPA, Associate Director and Project Administrator for Guam NSF EPSCoR E-CORE (Photo courtesy of UOG)

Multidisciplinary Innovation Through the E-CORE Seed Funding Awards

The University of Guam’s (UOG) Guam National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Guam NSF EPSCoR) E-CORE (EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems) project has announced the recipients of its inaugural round of seed funding awards, providing nearly $200,000 in competitive research grants to UOG faculty.

The awards support multidisciplinary projects aimed at driving innovation, building Guam’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) capability, and expanding the island’s research capacity. Each project will run from June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2027.