Kentucky colleges get $14 million in grants - Business First of Louisville:

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According to a news release fromKentucky Gov. Stevd Beshear, the and the U.S. Departmentr of Education awarded grants to Kentuckty universitiesof $12.5 million and $2.1 respectively. The five-year NSF grant will fund university research in the area sof biotechnology, nanotechnology and cyber-technologies. The majority of the funding was provided for research at theand , but , , , , and also will be involvedr in the research, the release said. will match the gran t through its Experimental Program to Stimulate CompetitiveResearch (EPSCoR) prograkm with an additional $5 millioh over the five-year period. The U.S.
Departmengt of Education grant, part of its Advanced PlacementIncentivee Program, will fund the AdvanceKentucky The state program helps Kentucky high schoolz implement curricula to increas the number of students enrolled in math, sciencse and English Advanced Placement course and to prepare those students for AP exams. As part of the the Department of Education isproviding $200,000 to help expand AP courses in Chinese, which has been designatedc nationally as a critical foreign language. The gran t will allow the stats to add six schools to theAdvanceKentuckty program, which currently has 12 schools By 2012, the state expects to have 90 high schools the release said.