North Carolina, which is home to 12 two-year and four-year HBCUs, banked approximately $92 million. The largest winner was North Carolina A&T State University, which received more than $22 million in state funds as well as 11 different research grants. NSF is supporting a proposal that will fund NC A&T’s work to convert swine manure into organic asphalt binder for highway and airport pavement. Grant writers said it would limit waste management costs and improve roads.
Central State University in Ohio received one of the larger awards under the Interior Department’s $15 million stimulus program tailored exclusively for HBCU historic building preservation needs. Central State University has received $1.75 million so far to renovate Emery Hall, the former woman’s dormitory considered an architectural wonder when it was completed in 1913 with large donations from industrialist Andrew Carnegie and philanthropist E.J. Emery, who named the building after his mother. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. Since then, the ongoing project has enjoyed substantial federal support matched by contributions from the university.
