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The sun grant colleges are a group of five U.S. universities where Sun Grant Initiative programs have been established by the U.S. Congress in the Sun Grant Research Initiative Act of 2003 for the purposes of researching and developing sustainable and environmentally-friendly bio-based energy alternatives. The Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture are partners in the initiative. The five centers were each established to serve a different region of the United States.
Sun grant colleges are not to be confused with space-grant colleges or sea-grant colleges; however, each of the five centers is based at a land-grant university. There are two universities that have all four designations; they are Cornell University and Oregon State University.
Participating institutions
- Cornell University hosts the Northeastern Center for the region composed of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia
- Oklahoma State University hosts the South-Central Center for the region composed of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
- Oregon State University hosts the Western Center for the region composed of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington and Pacific island territories and possessions of the United States
- South Dakota State University hosts the North-Central Center for the region composed of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville hosts the Southeastern Center for the region composed of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
External links
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