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NSF ARC-HBCU Grant to Curry & Dumas

Congratulations to Department of Nanoengineering faculty members Michael Curry and Jerald Dumas, and their partners at six additional historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), for receiving a three-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance semiconductor research and workforce development.  The collaborative project is part of “Advancing Research Capacity at HBCUs through Exploration and Innovation (ARC-HBCU),” a new program developed at NSF with the express purpose to “foster collaboration and build sustainable networks to facilitate interdisciplinary research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at HBCUs.”

For additional information, see the press release prepared by Ms. Jamie Crockett, Science Writer at NC A&T’s Office of University Relations: