re: What is LSU’s historic announcement?

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A Message From the President
At LSU, we build teams that win. Not just on the playing field or the court, but in life.

I am proud and excited to share with you that LSU is leading a statewide effort in energy innovation that just received the largest-ever grant awarded by the National Science Foundation—up to $160 million over the next 10 years.

This is a huge accomplishment for LSU and for Louisiana, as this grant was highly competitive, with more than 700 applicants from across the country.

The LSU-led team receiving the grant is called Future Use of Energy in Louisiana, or FUEL, and it includes more than 50 universities, community and technical colleges, energy companies and state agencies. Leading the FUEL team and winning this transformational grant affirms what we already knew—that LSU is one of the nation’s premier research universities, changing the lives of the people of Louisiana and the world. By teaming up with our partners across the state in education, industry and government, we are leveraging the intellectual capital of our state’s best and brightest to make a difference for the energy industry and for the people of every parish in Louisiana.

—William F. Tate IV, LSU President

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