One of VI-EPSCoR’s primary goals is to grow a USVI community that is scientifically and mathematically literate and engaged in issues that are scientific and environmental in nature. Our goal is realized when local scientists are able to stay in the USVI and work in their field because the employment opportunities exist.

Dr. Sennai Habtes, Research Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography at The University of the Virgin Islands is an accidental role model and success story of VI-EPSCoR’s efforts. 

Our Annual Conference is VI-EPSCoR's premier event where we showcase to the community recent strides made toward accomplishing our Mare Nostrum Caribbean goals. We hope you can join us! There is no cost to attend, please RSVP today.

The National Science Foundation has provided for only 28 EPSCoR jurisdictions in the United States. The Virgin Islands Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (VI-EPSCoR), hosted by the University of the Virgin Islands, is one them.