The EPSCoR states of New Mexico, Idaho and Nevada form the EPSCoR Western Tri-State Consortium. Program Directors, scientists and educators from the three states met in New Mexico, November, 2008 and Idaho, December, 2009, to create a coordinated cyberinfrastructure research and development plan that serves both as a platform for future climate change research collaborations and the foundation for the recently submitted tri-state EPSCoR Track 2 Cyberinfrastructure proposal. The proposal would fund the NM EPSCoR State program for $2 million dollars per year for 3 years beginning in fall 2009. The State of NM provided $1 million in cost share for statewide improvements in connectivity and bandwidth.

The figure below summarizes the Consortium’s state-specific EPSCoR RII cyberinfrastructure and human capacity investments, long term Consortium-based research goals, and Track 1 climate change research foci.