SD EPSCoR News

NSF Track-1 Seed Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the five awardees for the NSF Track-1 Seed Grant competition for year five. Listed are the recipients, along with their research project titles. Drumroll, please! Seed Grant Recipients & Project Titles: Way to […]
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Postdoc Appreciation: Tanvi Govil
In honor of Postdoc Appreciation Week that took place during September 18 – 22, we would like to introduce you to Tanvi Govil of South Dakota Mines! See her in action at the lab (pictured). Recently, as part […]
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Mines Researchers Receive NSF Funding
Press Release: South Dakota Mines Photo: Dr. Gokce K. Ustunisik and Dr. Roger Nielsen stand in Ustunisik’s laboratory at South Dakota Mines. The data generated with equipment like this gives geologists an understanding of processes […]
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NSF Grant for Future Electric Grid
Published by South Dakota State University. Through a four-year, $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), South Dakota State will partner with universities from the far-corners of the United States to improve electrical grids […]
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SDSU Ready for NASA’s ‘Break the Ice’ Lunar Competition
Published Aug. 7 by Renee Ortiz from Keloland. BROOKINGS, S.D. (KELO) — Surviving someplace other than Earth sounds like a sci-fi movie but students and staff at SDSU’s College of Engineering are working on a […]
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Putting Pine Ridge on the Map
This piece by Native Science News was published July 31. By Melanie Lenart Oglala Lakota College is using the power of big data to develop flood maps that will help protect the reservation in a […]
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SD Biotech Awarding Grants for South Dakota K-12 STEM Outreach
In coordination with Fisher Scientific, South Dakota Biotech will be awarding grants for K-12 STEM outreach efforts in South Dakota. The grants are up to $1,000 per award, administered annually. Eligible applicants include but are […]
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SDSU to Spearhead NSF-Backed Fertilizer Development Project
This piece by South Dakota State University was published August 7. Beads, pictured here, will encapsulate the microbial fertilizer in the soil. In South Dakota, agriculture production is big business. As an industry, agriculture has […]
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SDSU Awarded NSF Grant for Research Support Conference
This piece by South Dakota State University was published August 1. Through a nearly $100,000 grant, the National Science Foundation has positioned South Dakota State University to help improve the nation’s research enterprise. One of […]
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South Dakota Mines Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Patterns for Next-Generation Smart Grid
This piece by South Dakota Mines was published August 1. Photo: Dr. Long Zhao, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and the director of the Smart Grid and Energy Research Lab at South Dakota Mines, […]
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