WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded researchers in Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island roughly $38 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which promotes the development of research competitiveness among twenty-eight targeted states and territories, called jurisdictions. The awards, facilitated by the EPSCoR Collabor more PR