Wes Hickman (202-224-5972) or Kevin Bishop (864-250-1417)

WASHINGTON-  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham and U.S. Representative Gresham Barrett today announced Clemson University will receive three scientific research grants totaling $1.3 million.

Clemson will receive:

• $878,750 for a project entitled, "Biosystems Technology ATE Project.”
• $335,000 for a project entitled, "Shoots, Roots & Nodules: A Molecular Genetic Dissection of Local & Long Distance Signaling in M. Truncatula."
• $125,237 for a project entitled, "Computer-Aided Collaborative Reasoning across the Curriculum.”

The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation.

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