NDSU Faculty Awarded Grant for Collaborative Research in Antarctica
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 13:00
in Earth & Climate
More North Dakota State University students will receive the opportunity to conduct research in Antarctica. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $292,568 grant to geology professors Adam R. Lewis and Ken Lepper of North Dakota State University, Fargo, and an additional $287,416 to Jane Willenbring, assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The grant funding will be used to conduct field research in Antarctica in late 2011 and to support as many as seven graduate and undergraduate students as research continues through 2014.