The NDSU Development Foundation Grants and Awards Committee is accepting applications from faculty and staff for grants from four funds for the 2008-09 academic year. The application deadline is April 1.

The Centennial Endowment Fund can provide maximum awards of $5,000, with a total of $19,650 available. It supports professorships, scholarships, biotechnology, faculty development, libraries and cultural arts.

The NDSU Development Foundation Board of Trustees Endowment can provide maximum awards of $1,000, with a total of $4,000 available. It supports general programs across campus.

The NDSU Development Foundation Libraries Endowment has $3,170 available. It supports requests from any academic unit on campus for materials that will enhance the collections and/or operations of university libraries.

The NDSU Development Foundation Gordon A. Larson Agricultural Research Fund has $12,230 available for awards. This fund has no maximum award amount and supports competitive grants for agricultural research efforts conducted at NDSU.

Application forms for all four awards are available at www.ndsufoundation.com/grants.htm. The NDSU Development Foundation will notify applicants of funding decisions by May 5.