Atmospheric science program receives federal grant

On Tuesday, Aug. 21, Louisiana congressman Ralph Abraham announced that the University of Louisiana at Monroe would receive a nearly $275,000 federal grant.

The grant’s purpose is for the university to purchase new weather satellite equipment. ULM was given this equipment after a long term grant process.

“The grant proposal was completed over 6-7 months during Summer 2017 and the Fall 2017 semester. It was officially submitted to NSF in February of this year,” said Dr. Todd Murphy an assistant professor and program coordinator of the department of atmospheric science at ULM.

The university submitted the grant to the Major Research Instrumentation program at the National Science Foundation.
According to Murphy, the NSF received over 900 submissions.

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