In 1998 a non-profit research organization was formed between Sanford Health and the University of South Dakota. In 2007, a transformational gift of $400 million by Denny Sanford has allowed for an expansion of current research goals and will enable Sanford Research to become one of the premiere research institutions in the United States and the world.

The Sanford Project, which was announced in June 2008, will focus on finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes through beta cell regeneration. This goal has an aggressive timeline: to find the cure during Mr. Sanford’s lifetime!

Sanford Research has strong collaborations with such leaders as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Battelle Institute and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research.

For researchers, Sanford Research offers exciting challenges both in well-established research projects and ever expanding research opportunities. For those people we serve in our four-state region, we offer opportunities to participate in clinical trials and to be a part of the changing face of medicine.