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Division of Research and Economic Development

Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity (RSCA)

Here, SDSU faculty and staff, plus collaborators and sponsors, will find information, resources, tools and contacts for help in creating and disseminating new knowledge and securing sponsored funding for their work.

Learn about our goal to elevate SDSU as a R1 research university.

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December 2024 Research Report:


  • Engineering the flow: SDSU models liquid argon inside DUNE: For nearly 10 years, SDSU researchers Greg Michna and Stephen Gent have studied liquid argon flow in tanks to detect neutrinos, supporting the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment project under South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s Black Hills.
  • Ge recieves NIH funding for bioinformatics tool: SDSU professor Xijin Ge received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance ShinyGO, a widely used bioinformatics website for analyzing genomics data.
  • : South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, in conjunction with the Child and Family Resource Network, received a Child Care Quality Improvement grant from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Social Services to work on a Quality Recognition and Information System.
  • SDSU student visits SURF as part of Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program: South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University freshman Mackenzie Hollenbeck got a unique opportunity to visit the Sanford Underground Research Facility, home to laboratories a mile underground, as part of the Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program this summer.
  • New equipment sets SDSU medical lab program apart from peers: South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's medical laboratory science program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health.
  • StrengthenHER program to reduce risk of muscle loss: Lee Weidauer, associate professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's School of Health and Human Sciences, has received a $1,091,218 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an exercise and nutrition program to reduce the risk of sarcopenia.