The AAAS Research Competitiveness Program (RCP) draws upon the resources of the American science and engineering community to assist universities, government agencies, research consortia, and other institutions in planning, reviewing or evaluating programs and initiatives in research, development, and innovation.

In 1993, with support from the National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), AAAS began to examine the concept of "competitiveness" as it relates to research institutions. Building on these efforts, AAAS initiated the Research Competitiveness Program under a 1996 NSF grant to provide services to institutions in those states which participate in the NSF EPSCoR Program.

Since 1999, the RCP has worked to assist researchers, universities, research institutions and state government agencies that support R&D to improve their research competitiveness. The preceding title headings lead to detailed information regarding the programs within the RCP.

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