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View the winning entries of the
Governor’s Giant Vision
Business and Student Competitions 
from the April 28 competition at the 
Sioux Falls Convention Center.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1 grant to the South Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (SD EPSCoR) and the South Dakota Board of Regents. The project is titled, “Beyond the 2020 Vision: Building Research, Education and Innovation Partnerships for South Dakota,” and involves the six state universities, three tribal colleges, two private universities and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development.