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

WASHINGTON-  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today announced four scientific research grants totaling more than $1.3 million for South Carolina colleges and universities.

Awards include:

• Coastal Carolina University will receive $535,770 for a project entitled, "MRI: Acquisition of Marine Geophysical Instrumentation Suite for Seafloor Mapping and Bottom Boundary Layer Analysis."
• College of Charleston will receive $392,175 for a project entitled, "Collaborative Research: Phytoplankton Community Dynamics and Physiological Status in the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre and Benguela Upwelling Systems."
• Winthrop University will receive $282,309 for a project entitled, "MRI: Acquisition of a Mass Spectrometer to Enhance Undergraduate Research and Student Research Training."
• Clinton Junior College will receive $148,645 for a project entitled, "Targeted Infusion Grant to Add an Associate of Science Degree."

The grants were awarded by the National Science Foundation.

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