Berkeley To Share BP Grant With Illinois

BP announced that UC Berkelely and the University of Illinois will share its half-billion dollar grant to create an energy biosciences laboratory.

According to the BP press release:

"The proposal from UC Berkeley and its partners was selected in large part because these institutions have excellent track records of delivering 'Big Science' - large and complex developments predicated on both scientific breakthroughs and engineering applications that can be deployed in the real world," said BP Group Chief Executive John Browne. "This program will further both basic and applied biological research relevant to energy. In short, it will create the discipline of Energy Biosciences. The Institute will be unique in both its scale and its partnership between BP, academia and others in the private sector."

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