YSU bringing in more research grants

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University faculty brought in just over $6.8 million in research and sponsored-program grants is fiscal 2007-08.

That’s a jump of nearly $1 million over the previous year and reflects a generally steady growth in external funding for campus programs and projects over the past 14 years.

YSU received only $738,249 in that type of funding in 1995.

“The state has been great in the last couple of years,” said Dr. Peter Kasvinsky, YSU associate provost for research and dean of graduate studies and research. Significant funding has come from state education and other state sources.

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