CSU receives $3 million for biofuels program

Northern Colorado Business Report
By Staff
September 8, 2008

FORT COLLINS - The National Science Foundation awarded Colorado State University $3 million for a program to provide biofuels training to doctoral students.

The grant will create the Integrated Graduate Education in Biorefining and Biofuels Program. It will be aimed at preparing graduates to work in the complex biofuels industry by giving them a full picture of it -- where biomass comes from, the ways in which it's transformed into fuels and chemicals and whether the entire process is sustainable.

The grant will support the education of up to 45 doctoral students during the next five years. Training will range from environmental assessment, such as greenhouse gas impacts, to fuel engineering and plant biotechnology. Students must be enrolled as graduate students in science, engineering or economics to be eligible.

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