USD Discovery District awarded $755,000 EDA development grant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The USD Discovery District, an 80-acre corporate and academic research park under development in Sioux Falls, today announced it has been awarded a $755,000 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for infrastructure development. The grant will be used to build 2,800 feet of roads plus utilities needed to initiate […]
Master plan complete for newly named USD Discovery District
The master plan for the newly named University of South Dakota Discovery District is complete and the next steps for implementing that plan are underway. The potential to rename became evident as the process advanced, says Rich Naser, president of the park corporation. “As the Architecture Incorporated and Perkins & Will planning team gathered local […]
Consultant offers new direction for USD Research Park
Research parks are changing. Instead of sprawling campuses of laboratories, research areas of the future are more likely to take the form of high-density districts of innovation. That’s the conclusion of consultants who recently wrapped up a master plan for the USD Research Park and presented a recommendation different from what local leadership originally envisioned. […]
USD aseptic GMP suite nears completion
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The University of South Dakota is putting the finishing touches on its new Aseptic Good Manufacturing Practices Production and Training Center (USD GMP) at the GEAR Center in Sioux Falls. The 875 sq. ft. suite will be operated by the University of South Dakota Biomedical Engineering program to assist private companies […]
Park planning process reaches half-way point
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The master planning process for the USD Research Park in Sioux Falls is at the halfway point and will be complete in the Fall of this year. The master planning team of Architecture Incorporated and Perkins & Will briefed the South Dakota Board of Regents on their findings and initial directions […]
USD Research Park will help shape region’s economic future
It is an exciting time to be promoting innovation-driven economic development in the Dakota’s as part of the team establishing the new University of South Dakota Research Park in Sioux Falls. A strong partnership between the South Dakota Board of Regents, USD, Forward Sioux Falls (a partnership between the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce […]
USDRP to host conference connecting businesses to NIH funding
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Small businesses who want to conduct and commercialize health-related research will connect with national experts and programs Oct. 28-30 in Sioux Falls, S.D. Close to 500 are expected to attend the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) 15th annual Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference held […]