• To nurture economic development in South Dakota, SD EPSCoR partners with the SD Governor's Office of Economic Development, the SD Office of Commercialization, and the SD Board of Regents. Through these collaborations business/technology education programs are created.
  
  

• Global competition demands a highly skilled workforce, and the country’s economic future depends on scientific and technological advances everywhere, not just in a few places. Through EPSCoR/IDeA, participating states and territories are building a high-quality, university-based research infrastructure, a backbone to their scientific and technological enterprises, and a strong and stable economic base into the next century.

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• Launch Entrepreneurship Education Conference
  
  
• Industry/University Research Assistantship Program
  
  
• Dakota Seeds Program