SOUTH DAKOTA: USD Receives Nearly $1M in NSF Funding for Grounding Science Project
The University of South Dakota (USD) recently received $999,976 in funding from the NSF for the project titled Grounding Science Education in Indigenous Knowledges, Food Systems, and Sustainability (Grounding Science). Through Grounding Science, the university seeks to formalize more paths for students from tribal colleges to continue their education at USD, currently the only school in the region to offer sustainability degrees at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels.
“Like me, most STEM faculty members were only trained in Western science, and through Grounding Science, we plan to broaden their training so that our STEM faculty are better able to serve our students,” said Meghann Jarchow, PhD, principal investigator and Department of Sustainability & Environment chair.
“USD already has strong and holistic support for Native American students, and a goal of Grounding Science is to develop that same level of academic support to Native American students pursuing STEM degrees.”