GPVRF Business Summary
The Great Plains Veteransl Research Foundation (GPVRF) located in Sioux Falls, SD, was established as a nonprofit corporation to advance the research and education activities of the staff at the Sioux Falls Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Over the past 30 years, the GPMRF has partnered with the Sioux Falls VA Medical System to develop and research dedicated to investigating a variety of ailments afflicting the nation's veterans.
With your help, we can continue to support programs that:
- Conduct research
- Expand research activities into clinical trials
- Pay for expenses related to the recruitment of research investigators to the VA Health Care System
- Fund seed grants to new investigators to aid them in establishing their VA research careers
- Employ support staff for VA research projects
- Cover the cost of training VA research personnel in topics such as research compliance, good clinical practices, and board goverance
- Underwrite bridge funding for VA investigators who are between research grant awards
- Support travel and registration fees for VA investigators to attend scientific conferences
- Procure personnel, equipment, and supplies for VA animal research facilities
- Provide funds for research pharmaceutical staff and equipment
- Host national educational conferences for VA personnel with incidental attendance by health professionals from surrounding communities
