WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that Iowa State University has received two grants totaling $609,396 from the National Science Foundation. 

“Iowa State University has a long history of doing excellent research,” Grassley said. “These funds will allow them to continue that tradition.”

            The grants to Iowa State University from the National Science Foundation will be distributed as shown below.

-     A $242,713 grant to help pay for a project titled “Fault-Tolerant Cooperative Communication in Large-Scale Wireless Networks.”

-     A $366,683 grant to help pay for a project titled “GOALI: Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells on Plastic Substrates.”