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Australian University Invests $15 M For Agricultural Research

September 11, 2013

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) in Australia will invest $15 million into its agricultural research program as part of the establishment of the university's Institute of Agriculture and the Environment (IAE). According to USQ Vice-Chancellor Jan Thomas, the establishment of the Institute signals the university's intention to strengthen its position as a strategic national and global research provider for modern agriculture. He further explained that the fund is targeted to build research capacity in the new Institute including $5 million to refurbish the crop biotechnology and pathology laboratories and the establishment of an environmental chemistry laboratory in USQ.

See USQ's news release at http://www.usq.edu.au/news-events/News/2013/09/USQ-provides-15-million-reasons-to-advance-agriculture.