Research And Business Development Center

The mission of the RBDC is to forge universities and clients to produce trusted results and professional growth through a value-added approach. Research: At the Research and Business Development Center (RBDC), we know research. Founded as a non-profit that seeks to bring undergraduate students excellent hands-on learning opportunities, we pair clients with guided student teams charged with providing value added research. Products The RBDC can help you with developing products. We have taken on custom developed software ranging from web platforms to mobile applications. Our engineering division has worked with clients to design and test componentry and modernize equipment that failed. Regardless of your needs we can help develop a solution. Founded in 2006, the RBDC's predecessor, the Eastern Idaho Entrepreneurial Center (E Center) was founded by Robert Pothier, a retired businessman and venture capital partner, to grow the local economy. It served an 18 county region, the E Center’s projects have brought hundreds jobs and millions of dollars in venture capital and other investment funding to Idaho, western Wyoming, and southern Montana. Four years later Southeast Idaho Research Institute (SIRI) was founded to provide the same quality research and innovation for the technology industry. In 2014, the significant decision was made to combine these two local non-profits in southeastern Idaho to leverage the strengths of each organization and to expand overall capacity. The merger has created efficiencies and synergies that we are excited to utilize in order to scale our endeavors to reach an ever greater number of clients, students and faculty. Today the RBDC has four specialized divisions; agriculture, business, computer technology, and engineering.