COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $3 MILLION BIOFUELS GRANT TO TRAIN FUTURE WORKFORCE

The biofuels industry in Colorado and around the nation has grown so complex that the next generation of scientists need to know all its angles - from the chemistry of making it to the economics of selling it, said Colorado State University Professor Ken Reardon, the recipient of a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to provide interdisciplinary biofuels training for doctoral students.

The NSF grant will establish the Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels Program and will support the education of up to 45 doctoral students over the next five years in everything from environmental assessment (greenhouse gas impacts) to fuel engineering and plant biotechnology. ColoradoState will provide an additional $600,000 for graduate teaching assistants and tuition premiums; the funding also supports four master's students from CSU-Pueblo.

The grant, from NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program, is one of only 20 selected nationwide.

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