Cal State Fullerton professors receive grants for water resource projects Phoolendra Mishra and Garrett Struckhoff, two assistant professors of civil and environmental engineering at Cal State Fullerton, have received the Faculty Research Incentive Award this year, awarded by the Water Resources and Policy Initiatives of the California State University. The grants are awarded for projects and issues related to water resources. |
Funding News Westmoreland County businesses, vacation spots to receive grant fundsNearly $378,000 in tourism grants will be handed out next week to Westmoreland County businesses and vacation destinations. On Thursday, for the first time since the grant program was started in 2003, county commissioners formally approved the 40 gifts paid from revenue generated by a 3 percent hotel room tax. The grant program is administered by the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau, which receives the hotel taxes and allocates 30 percent of those funds for the awards. A committee appointed by county commissioners last month reviewed 78 applications for grants in which more than $692,000 was requested. Renee Seifert, president of the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau, said the money will be used by the recipients to promote tourism. Read More > More than $800K in Grants Awarded to U of M Faculty MembersMore than 150 University of Minnesota faculty members received grants for arts, design, and humanities projects this year. The 2012 Imagine Fund Annual Awards and Special Events Grants are provided by the McKnight Foundation. More than $800,000 was given to faculty members to develop teaching materials, research, create works and performances, and connect to the community. A complete listing of the 2012 Annual Award winners and Special Events Grant recipients, is available at z.umn.edu/annualaward and z.umn.edu/specialevents respectively. Read More >TESTIMONIALS |
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