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May 22, 2008
Ohio Seeks Major Research Talent With $143-Million in Grants
Fishing season has opened in the Midwest, and yesterday Ohio’s higher-education chancellor, Eric D. Fingerhut, began casting his bait to haul in 26 new science and technology researchers to the state’s universities, reports The Plain Dealer of Cleveland.
The lure is $143-million in grants to 10 collaborative research projects involving at least 15 universities, both public and private, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Development. The money comes from both the university system and the state’s Third Frontier Commission, created in 2003 to spur economic development through spending on higher education. —Eric Kelderman
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I wonder what the plans are for when the “seed” money runs out? Perhaps each project is supposed to figure out how to support itself after the original funding ends?
— David Moursund May 23, 01:08 AM #
Isn’t that how most research is funded? Continuous fundraising efforts?
— Krista Campbell May 23, 09:48 AM #