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Appropriations committee hears $15 million request to expand Research & Technology Park’s commercialization work
Summary
Senate Bill 2256 seeks a $7.5 million grant plus $7.5 million in matching funds to accelerate commercialization, engineering capacity and industry partnerships at the Research and Technology Park in Fargo; presenters said the park will focus on precision agriculture and defense applications and partner with Carnegie Mellon’s robotics center.
Chairman Austin Shower presented Senate Bill 2256 to the committee as a request for one‑time state support to scale the Research and Technology Park in Fargo. The sponsor described a new business model to convert university and local research into commercial products for precision agriculture, defense and related markets.
Park representatives said the proposal seeks $7.5 million in state grant funding plus $7.5 million in matching funds to invest in infrastructure, technical staff and an entrepreneurial environment. CEO Brenda Wyland described the Park as a 501(c)(3) spun out of NDSU in 1999 with an industry‑heavy board and said the current strategy narrows focus to automation, robotics, sensing and AI that serve both ag and defense…
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