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K-12 STEM Grant

August 22, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

South Dakota Biotech, in partnership with SD EPSCoR, will award grants for K-12 STEM outreach efforts in South Dakota. The grants can be up to $1,000 per award and intend to fund approximately 10 applications.  The […]

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Recap: 11th Annual Research Symposium

August 12, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Pictured left: Dakota State University (DSU) student, Emelye Josko, describes her research to the Principal Investigator of SD EPSCoR, Mel Ustad, at the poster session on August 1. BIG thanks to all undergraduate, graduate STEM […]

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USD is part of NSF Investment to Build Climate Resilience

July 31, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Full from USD article and picture here. The U.S. National Science Foundation recently announced a $77.8 million investment in 14 projects through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Spanning 50 institutions across 21 jurisdictions, […]

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SDSU project opens more STEM research pathways for Native American students

July 25, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

ARTICLE: BY ADDISON DEHAVEN AT SDSU Pictured: Delaney Wilson, a soon-to-be sophomore pre-pharmacy major and one of the students involved with this STEM research opportunity, works with an ice core in the Ice Core and […]

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Two SDSU faculty members receive prestigious NSF grants

July 22, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

ARTICLE: BY ADDISON DEHAVEN AT SDSU Pictured: Rachel Short (left) and Gazala Ameen (right), two assistant professors in South Dakota State University’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, have each received one of the […]

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USD Professor Earns NSF EAGER Award

July 10, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

University of South Dakota Department of Biology Professor, Bernard Wone, received a National Science Foundation award of $299,988: EAGER: SYNPLASOMES – SYNthetic PLAnt epiSOMES for plant genome editing and engineering. With this award, what is […]

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The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program

July 10, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

The National Science Foundation EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) is a new program that provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of Honorable Mention in the existing NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) program […]

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Students Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for 2024

July 10, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Two students who completed their baccalaureate degrees in South Dakota have received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) for 2024. Launched in 1952, the GRFP is the oldest […]

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USD Student embarks on dream NASA Internship!

July 8, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Article and picture credit: University of South Dakota. Rising University of South Dakota senior Maddie Rozmajzl landed a prestigious summer internship with NASA at the Ames Research Center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California’s Silicon […]

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SDSU tapped to lead NSF-backed, $7 million project!

July 3, 2024   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

ARTICLE BY ADDISON DEHAVEN. South Dakota State University has been tapped by the National Science Foundation to lead a statewide project that will build research capacity focused on biological nitrogen fixation and its applications in sustainable agriculture and […]

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