Cohen Announces More than $300,000 for University of Memphis Research Project

[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced today that the University of Memphis has been awarded a $311,662 research grant that will spur computer software research to help make software development less time-consuming and easier. The funding will be used by the University to conduct research to improve the methods with which software developers use code to obtain information.

“The students and researchers at the University of Memphis are one of our city’s greatest resources,” said Congressman Cohen. “Today’s funding will help keep U of M at the forefront of computer research and spur improvements in computer software development.”

Today’s grant, awarded through the National Science Foundation’s Division of Computer and Communications Foundations Program, supports a collaborative research project involving researchers at the University of Memphis.