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in a statement, Chancellor
James Moeser said the increase
contributes to strengthening UNUs
role as a major research university.
Grew said the continuous
increase in the amount of federal
funding shows the quality ofUNL’s
work.
“The competition is increasing
every year in Washington," she
said. “So when you see this kind of
growth, I think that that’s really
commendable.”
One of die larger grants - $4.6
million - last year was to the uni
versity’s Polar Ice Coring Office
from the National Science
Foundation.
According to its Web site, the
office is operated by the snow and
ice research group, which provides
science support and logistical ser
vices to scientists funded for work
in the Arctic.
The office also designs, fabri
cates and operates ice drilling
equipment in Antarctica and
Greenland.
Federal funding to UNL in die
past has been dominated by agri
culture, Grew said. But now, she
said, funding has become more
diversified in terms of the types of
agencies offering funds.
The five-year CLASS program,
or Communication Learning and
Assessment in a Student-Centered
System, received $2.9 million
from the federal department of
education to help it put 55 high
school diplomacy courses online,
said Jim Sherwood, associate dean
of the Division of Continuing
Studies.
Among other projects receiv
ing federal funds are the Great
Plains Regional Center for Global
and Environmental Change, fund
ed by the U.S. Department of
Energy, $1.4 million; the
International Sorghum/Millet
Research program, $4.7 million;
sustainable agriculture research
funded by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, $1.8 million; and the
Mid-American Transportation
Center, $1 million.
Among funded service projects
are the Law Enforcement Training
Project, $1.5 million; and from the
Barkley Trust to support activities
at the Barkley Memorial Center,
$1.5 million.