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Research Campus gets $1 million USDA grant

Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

By Emily Ford

eford@salisburypost.com

KANNAPOLIS — As the federal government awarded the N.C. Research Campus $1 million today, one official said he had doubted that the life sciences complex in Kannapolis would come to fruition.

"A number of us thought it wouldn't be done," said Dr. Roger Beachy, a leader in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Beachy commended Research Campus founder David Murdock for envisioning the facility and convincing the state of North Carolina to partner with him. The campus includes branches of seven public universities.

"To have the vision is one thing," Beachy said. "But to have all of you endorse it is truly remarkable."

The USDA grant will fund the Kannapolis Scholars Program and pay 20 graduate students to study at the Research Campus.

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