CAPITO, JUSTICE ANNOUNCE $2 MILLION IN RESEARCH FUNDING FOR WVU

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senator Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), announced $2,200,000 for West Virginia University (WVU) through the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

The funding will specifically be used to support WVU's BioNano and Chemistry Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Research Facilities by modernizing the molecular characterization capabilities that will enable cutting-edge research involving both early career and senior faculty and their students.

"For years, I have emphasized WVU's outstanding resear...