McKnight Expands International Crop Research Program with Grant from Gates Foundation

MINNEAPOLIS, Min. — The McKnight Foundation today announces it has been granted $26.7 million through 2013 for crop research funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle. Funding from Gates will allow McKnight to make the most of both foundations’ investments, taking advantage of McKnight’s 25-year history strengthening a network of scientists, organizations and communities working for food and nutritional security in Latin America and Africa.

To read the full press release, visit the McKnight Foundation web site.