The Sun Grant Association is a group of six
U.S. universities that serve as regional centers of the Sun Grant Initiative, established by the
U.S. Congress in the Sun Grant Research Initiative Act of 2003. They research and develop sustainable and environmentally friendly bio-based energy alternatives. The
Department of Transportation,
Department of Energy, and the
Department of Agriculture
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are partners in the initiative. The centers were established at
land-grant universities to serve different geographic regions of the United States, in the tradition of the Congress-established programs of
sea-grant colleges in 1966 and
space-grant colleges
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in 1988.
Participating institutions
The following six universities are classified as "national participants" and serve as regional centers. Numerous universities participate within each region as "regional participants."
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Pennsylvania State University
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hosts the Northeastern Center for the region composed of
Connecticut,
Delaware,
District of Columbia,
Massachusetts,
Maryland,
Maine,
Michigan,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey,
New York
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,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
Vermont, and
West Virginia.
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Oklahoma State University hosts the South-Central Center for the region composed of
Arkansas,
Colorado,
Kansas,
Louisiana,
Missouri,
New Mexico,
Oklahoma
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, and
Texas.
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Oregon State University hosts the Western Center for the region composed of
Arizona,
California,
Idaho,
Nevada,
Oregon,
Utah, and
Washington.
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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa hosts the Western Insular Pacific Subcenter for the region composed of
Alaska,
Hawaii,
Guam,
American Samoa, the
Northern Mariana Islands,
Micronesia, the
Marshall Islands, and the
Republic of Palau.
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South Dakota State University
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is the "National Lead Sun Grant Center" and hosts the North-Central Center for the region composed of
Illinois,
Indiana,
Iowa,
Minnesota,
Montana,
Nebraska,
North Dakota,
South Dakota,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
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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
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.
See also
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Land-grant university
A land-grant university (also called land-grant college or land-grant institution) is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Morrill Acts of 1862 and ...
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National Sea Grant College Program
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National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
External links
Sun Grant Research Initiative ActSun Grant Project Report (pdf)North-Central Center (South Dakota State University)Northeastern Center (The Pennsylvania State University)South-Central Center (Oklahoma State University)Southeastern Center (University of Tennessee)Western Center (Oregon State University)
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Biofuel in the United States
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Lists of universities and colleges in the United States