The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded nearly $1.2 million to Lincoln University in Jefferson City to build or improve agricultural and food science research facilities. This was part of a total of $18.9 million is such awards to historically black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities.
“These awards help colleges and universities make improvements that support cutting-edge academic research and foster 21st century innovation that will shape the future of American agriculture,” said Joe Leonard Jr., USDA Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
The awards are made through the 1890s Facilities Grants program, which provides funding for the acquisition and improvement of food, agricultural, and human sciences facilities and equipment, including libraries, so that the 1890 land-grant institutions, including Tuskegee University, “may participate fully in the production of human capital in the food and agricultural sciences,” the USDA said in a release.
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