Cornell, Stanford win grants from' Saudi Arabian university
Cornell, Stanford and Texas A&M universities each will receive grants of $20 million to $25 miliion from a new Saudi Arabian research institution to study nano materials solar energy and computational science. The grants come from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology or KAUST a graduate-level research school set to officially open next year in Thuwal,about80 km north of Jeddah. Cornell and Stanford will receive about $25 million each, and Texas A&M will receiveabout$20 million.