The U.S.Department of Energy gave the Vehicle Research Institute a $500,000 grant to improve the biogas refining process and then demonstrate whether the fuel can be cost-competitive in cars.
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The research was partially funded by the University of Minnesota and aresearchgrant from the Medtronic Corp.
The challenge, they added, lies not in securing a large researchgrant designed for a 4-year institution, but finding resources to support English language learners or adult vocational education.