<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/01/fairmont-state-receives-grant-fund-stem-research-program.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>01/02/2024 02:23:48 PM</pubDate><title>Fairmont State Receives Grant to Fund STEM Research Program</title><description>Fairmont State University has been awarded $22,055 each year for three years in grant funding from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Science, Technology &amp; Research (STaR) Division’s Summer/Semester Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program. This award will fund undergraduate-led research within Fairmont State’s College of Science and Technology and other campus departments with related research opportunities.</description><image><img src="/_images/news/science_showdown_beaker-news.jpg" alt="Science Showdown 2023"/></image><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>College of Science and Technology</tag></tags></item>