Wal-Mart Gives Bioresearch Grant To ASU
Money Will Help Fund Resources For Biofuels
POSTED: 1:14 pm CDT September 7,
2008
UPDATED: 1:33 pm CDT September 7,
2008
JONESBORO, Ark. -- The Wal-Mart Foundation has donated $369,000 to research in biofuels at Arkansas State University.The money will be used by the university's Arkansas Biosciences Institute to meet the cost-share requirement of a federal grant to the school.The Biosciences Institute conducts research into the use of Arkansas' farm and forestry resources for biofuels that can be used commercially.
The Wal-Mart Foundation grant will support research on making ethanol from plant stalks and leaves, agricultural residues and forestry residues.
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