Susquehanna receives $300,000 for research

Marcia Moore, The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa.
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Apr. 16—SELINSGROVE — The Sherman Fairchild Foundation has awarded Susquehanna University nearly $300,000 in grant funding to support summer research.

The three-year grant will support Susquehanna's Summer Research Partners Program, which awards 15 students a paid eight-week summer research experience in the sciences. The funds will cover wages, housing, research supplies and conference travel.

The 15 students funded through the grant represent about half of the total number of students who participate in Susquehanna's Summer Research Partners Program.

"Susquehanna enjoys an active and dynamic undergraduate research environment that allows students to engage as research assistants, collaborators, coauthors and co-presenters at national and regional conferences as early as their first year," said Kathy Straub, dean of Susquehanna's School of Natural and Social Sciences. "These opportunities are paramount to preparing our students for career paths that take them to graduate school, medical school, industry and beyond. We are extremely grateful to the Sherman Fairchild Foundation for honoring Susquehanna with this award."

— MARCIA MOORE