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C2B2 Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Student Research

 

Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels has been awarded $336,534 over a three-year period from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for undergraduates to conduct research related to the conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals. The grant will allow students to pursue research investigations in each of the six C2B2 thrust areas.

The C2B2 REU program is a 10-week summer program of research, educational seminars, and cultural programming. Students will perform research in laboratories at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), Colorado State University (CSU), Colorado School of Mines (Mines) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

All features of the the C2B2 REU program were piloted during the 2008 and 2009 summer programs which served a combined 28 undergraduate researcher. One-time funding from the State of Colorado was secured for the trial versions of this program. "The success of our state-funded trial C2B2 REU programs enabled us to demonstrate the need for the National Science Foundation to invest in additional renewable energy research and education in Colorado" says Ryan Gill, managing director of C2B2.

The number of undergraduate student applicants has quadrupled in the last three years of the C2B2-REU program showing a growing interest in renewable biofuel and biorefining technologies.

Click Here for more detailed information regarding the NSF award received by C2B2.