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Texas Governor Perry Allocates $1.94 Million to Cotton Research at Texas Tech University

Governor Rick Perry has made prominence in the technology industry a high priority for the future of Texas, and through a grant from the Emerging Technology Fund (ETF), Texas Tech University is on the cutting edge of plant genomics research and development. Texas Tech received $1.94 million as the first superior research award from the Governor’s ETF program to develop the International Center for Excellence in Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology. The ETF award was instrumental in recruiting renowned cotton researcher Dr. Thea Wilkins to head the newly created center at Tech.