Ethanol researchers win grants

Capital Press
8/22/2008 6:00:00 AM

Federal cash funds genetic studies of grasses, trees
Elizabeth Larson Capital Press

Two Oregon State University researchers have received large federal grants to fund research into developing cellulosic biofuels.

Oregon State University forest science professor Steven Strauss and Todd Mockler, an assistance professor in botany and plant pathology, each won $1.2 million grants from a program formed in 2006 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy.

The program seeks to accelerate fundamental research in biomass genomics to further the use of cellulosic plant material for bioenergy and biofuels.

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