DR. JEFF FEATHERSTONE APPOINTED TO $1 MILLION
RESEARCH AWARDS CLUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Since its inception in July 2000, the Center for Sustainable
Communities has grown rapidly to become a valued resource among local,
state, and federal agencies. Following a $1.5 million federal grant
received from the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development in January 2001, the Center has made great strides in
acquiring funding for its community projects.
To recognize that success, in 2004 Dr. Jeffrey Featherstone, Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities and Chair of the Department of Community and Regional Planning, was inducted into Temple University’s “$1 Million Research Awards Club,” a group composed of University faculty who have successfully obtained externally funded research grants and contracts which equal or exceed $1 million since July 1, 2001.
Dr. Featherstone will now help recognize the next inductees into this impressive group as a member of the $1 Million Research Awards Club Executive Committee. He will also be profiled, in addition to nine other Temple researchers, in a special publication designed to further stimulate interest in research at the University.
Since July 2001, the Center has acquired more than $3.5 million in research funding for research such as the comprehensive Pennypack Creek Watershed Study. Funding has been awarded by several agencies including the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the William Penn Foundation, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.
“I’m pleased that Ambler College and the Center have been recognized through this group and I’m honored to serve on the executive committee. It’s not one person; it’s a large number of faculty and staff contributing to the effort,” said Dr. Featherstone. “I think the reason we are successful in acquiring funding is that we have the people to do the work. We have faculty from various departments who are very skilled in applied research in engineering, planning, geology, horticulture, and landscape architecture.”
CONTACT: James Duffy, (215) 283-1290, duffyj@temple.edu, release available by e-mail
