VBI, others receive grant to support cyberinfrastructure education and outreach initiative

The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech, along with Bluefield State College in West Virginia and the Galileo Magnet High School in Danville, Va., have received a $250 000 grant to support a forward-looking initiative for education in cyberinfrastructure. The funds from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be used over a period of two years to develop and implement the new course, broaden access of high school and undergraduate students to computer-related technologies, and to encourage trained students to pursue careers in informatics-related projects.