South Dakota will pay half the cost of your AI move. The application closes August 7.
The state's new AI Discovery & Training program cost-shares real work — figuring out where AI fits, training your team, even paying you for free certifications. Businesses, nonprofits, and public-sector employers (school districts included) all qualify.
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Pick your world.
Donor comms, grant narratives, board reports — see exactly what this looks like for you.
Quotes, scheduling, customer follow-up — the repetitive stuff, halved.
Confirmed eligible in writing. PD-day formats built for your calendar.
How it works
Copy-paste blocks + starter language on each page. Ten minutes of your fields, not two hours of forms.
through DLR's web form (the only accepted path). Awards announced August 25.
Contracts land ~September; work done before your contract is signed isn't reimbursable — which is exactly why applying now costs you nothing but locks your place in line.
Every week you wait costs September calendar.
Apply by August 7 — training can be scheduled anytime through spring 2027.
- ▸Funds are limited and review is competitive — a November second round happens only if money is left.
- ▸The scoring rubric favors South Dakota-based providers. I'm Sioux Falls-based. That's points on your application for picking local.
- ▸Every week you wait is a week of September delivery calendar someone else books.