Grants

• Alabama A&M University, the historically black educational institution in Normal, received a $401,447 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The grant will be used to establish weather recording stations throughout Alabama.

• Grambling State University, the historically black educational institution in Louisiana, received an $85,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will be used for student and faculty training in forensic chemistry.

• North Carolina A&T State University, the historically black educational institution in Greensboro, received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant money will fund the university’s Project FIRE (Fostering Inclusive Responsive Educators) program, which will prepare teachers for special education assignments.

• Paul Quinn College, the historically black educational institution in Dallas, Texas, received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance the college’s academic resources.

• Wayne State University’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights received a $250,000 grant from the Ford Motor Company.

• Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, received a three-year, $499,981 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will be used to study the effectiveness of online distance education programs in science, engineering, mathematics, and technology. The research will be under the direction of Lawrence O. Flowers, an assistant professor of microbiology at Fayetteville State.

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