University research squeezed in S.D - Steve Young, Argus Leader

Six years ago, the state's public university system brought in $154 million in research grants and contracts — a figure fueled in part at that time by federal stimulus dollars. But the amount has fallen to half that as stimulus dollars went away, and as sequestration curtailed the federal spending stream, especially in agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. As a result, the number of people at South Dakota State University paid through research grants and contracts — primarily graduate and post-graduate students and assistants, as well as support staff — has dropped from 1,511 in 2012 to 1,069 this year. The decline is similar at the University of South Dakota — from 599 in 2012 to 469 now. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2014/09/29/university-research-squeezed/16412375/