SD EPSCoR News

South Dakota students compete in world robotics championship

Two teams from South Dakota high schools competed in the 2014 VEX Robotics World Championship April 23-26 in Anaheim, Calif. Teams from Harrisburg High School and the Sioux Falls Career and Technical Education (CTE) Academy […]

Science festival engages next generation scientists

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Sanford Health hosted the 3rd annual “It’s All About Science” Festival June 14 at the Sanford Research Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., to encourage children to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics […]

KELO Land | Sparking A Child’s Interest In Science

SIOUX FALLS, SD – There is a need for workers in STEM, or science technology, engineering, and mathematics in South Dakota. That’s why Dakota science-based organizations are looking to promote education in this field. Organizations that […]

SD EPSCoR | Impacting South Dakota’s Economy

2014 Diversity Summit – KOTA Territory News

Public Universities Rewarded for Research Innovations

From the South Dakota Board of Regents: PIERRE, S.D. – Six university proposals geared to promote research-driven economic development, along with a major collaborative project on security and anti-counterfeiting technology, will benefit from $1 million […]

Converting water to hydrogen fuel using sunlight

Sunlight is widely regarded as the most abundant energy source on Earth.  It is clean, free, renewable, and it depletes no fossil fuels.For these reasons, scientists have spent many years developing ways to convert sunlight […]

Sanford Lab, BHSU announce $4.2M partnership

By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer SPEARFISH — Officials with the Sanford Lab and Black Hills State University have announced plans to combine resources to create a $4.2 million Sanford Science Education Center on the […]

Student research presentation competition winners to attend national conference in Nashville

BROOKINGS, S.D. — Three South Dakota graduate students will be traveling to the 23rd National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR) Conference to be held in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 3-7, 2013.

16th Annual Research Poster Session in Pierre

Eleven undergraduate students and student teams statewide traveled to Pierre, S.D., to showcase research projects at the 16th annual South Dakota Student Research Poster Session at the Capitol Rotunda Feb. 27. The poster session gave […]