SD EPSCoR Information

Current goals of South Dakota EPSCoR include: - Increase South Dakota’s science and technology research capacity - Provide educational opportunities for K-12, undergraduate and graduate students - Promote science-based economic development for South Dakota In 1979, the National Science Foundation created the Established (formerly Experimental) Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in response to concern over the uneven distribution of federal research and development grants. The EPSCoR program is designed to assist states to establish a self-sustaining academic research enterprise with the competitive capability that will contribute to the states’ economic viability and development. SD EPSCoR’s mission is to strengthen research and education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) across South Dakota to increase science literacy and drive science-based economic development. SD EPSCoR helps build South Dakota’s research infrastructure and increases its capacity to successfully compete for federal funding. EPSCoR now spans five federal agencies, including NASA, DOE, DoD, NIH and NSF.