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USD Researchers Receive NSF RII Track-4 Awards

September 19, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Two University of South Dakota (USD) researchers have been selected to receive Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track 4 awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Jing Liu, an Assistant Professor in USD’s Department of Physics received […]

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship Opportunities at Sanford Research

September 10, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Sanford Research is a rapidly growing, non-profit research institution formed by Sanford Health and a major center for basic and translational research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. At Sanford Research: Biomedical research interests focus on […]

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2018 NASA EPSCoR Research and Travel Opportunities

August 28, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, NASA EPSCoR, News & Updates

The South Dakota NASA EPSCoR office announces the following funding opportunities which are available to faculty at all institutions of higher education in South Dakota. U.S. citizenship is not a requirement for these grants. Additional […]

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Undergraduate Research Symposium Resources

August 8, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

SD EPSCoR hosted more than 180 students from public, private and tribal colleges and universities at the fourth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on August 3, 2017. The symposium provided undergraduate students real-life experience presenting their […]

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Fall Science Communication Fellowships

August 7, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

www.sd-discovery.org Dr. Rhea Waldman: educationdirector@sd-discovery.com

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Sani Receives RII Track-2 Award

August 3, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program has announced the recipients of its FY17 Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-2 awards. The RII Track-2 program is intended to build national research strengths in […]

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STEM Curriculum Enhancement Grant Preparation Workshop

July 7, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Each year SD EPSCoR provides $170,000 to schools through the SD Department of Education to increase hands-on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) opportunities and enhance 7-12 STEM curricula to introduce students to STEM careers. […]

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Researchers investigate workings of antibody therapeutics

May 4, 2017   |   Categories: News & Updates, Participant Spotlights

South Dakota BioSNTR researchers investigate how antibody therapeutics work Written by Christie Delfanian, SDSU Marketing & Communications Brookings, S.D. — Researchers from South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota are investigating how […]

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South Dakota’s science and technology industries are paving the way for South Dakota’s economic growth

March 8, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

Brookings, SD – Data collected by Electronic Modeling Specialist International (EMSI) for a 2016 survey of South Dakota’s science and technology industries found that 28 percent of South Dakota’s job growth in the past five […]

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Proclamation: YOUTH STEM AWARENESS MONTH

March 1, 2017   |   Categories: Announcements, News & Updates

YOUTH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS AWARENESS MONTH [button link=”https://sdepscor.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ShowImage.aspx_.jpeg” color=”default”]STEM Proclamation[/button]   An executive proclamation has been issued by Governor Dennis Daugaard to recognize March 2017 as “YOUTH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS AWARENESS […]

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