STATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA WINS TENDER FOR RECEIVING $300,000 GRANT

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
April 19 2006

YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. State Engineering University of Armenia won
Wednesday a tender for receiving a $300-thousand grant. The Univessity
press service says the grant is provided by American Civil Resources
and Development Fund, CRDF, jointly with Armenian National Fund for
Science and Advanced Technologies. According to the press release,
the money is intended for the university’s three-year program focused
on polymers synthesis. Armenian Government is to allocate half this
amount, of which $90 thousand will be given by Science and Education
Ministry and the remaining $60 thousand by the university.

The aim of the tender is to create university education center. The
University allocated about 200-square meter area of laboratories for
that purpose and intends to place there equipment worth $180 thousand.

CRDF is an American non-commercial benevolent organization cooperating
with Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Moldova. The
Fund was founded by the U.S. Government in 1995.