WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today said that Iowa State University and the University of Iowa will receive competitive grants totaling $402,868 from the National Science Foundation.
Iowa State will receive $390,368 to fund the project entitled, “An Experimental Study of Glacier Slip Over Hard and Soft Beds.”
The University of Iowa will receive $12,500 to fund its 2010 Dynamic Field Theory Summer School.
Each year, thousands of local Iowa organizations, colleges and universities, individuals and state agencies apply for competitive grants and loans from the federal government. The funding is then awarded based on each local organization or individual’s ability to meet criteria set by the federal entity.