Video of the annoucement as well as a message from Governor Rounds below.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen the former Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD, as the site for a multipurpose deep underground science and engineering laboratory. The proposal, chosen from a field of four finalists, was prepared by a collaboration of researchers and submitted to an NSF site selection panel through the University of California at Berkeley. The Homestake team could receive up to $5 million a year for the next three years to develop a more specific technical design for the laboratory.
In recognition South Dakota resident T. Denny Sanford’s $70 million gift, the new deep underground research facility will be named the Sanford Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory at Homestake.
The underground laboratory and proposed Sanford Science Education Center will provide education and outreach opportunities. See the following video clip for a message from Governor Rounds.

SD Gov. Mike Rounds address a crowd about the National Science Foundation's choice of the Homestake gold mine in Lead, SD, as the site for a national deep underground laboratory.

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