Precourt Institute awards first six research grants May 5, 2010 0 Comments Share tweet The Daily News Staff By: The Daily News Staff The Precourt Institute for Energy, founded last year to foster energy research and funded by a $100 million program gift that President John Hennessy called one of Stanford’s largest ever, has distributed its first research grants. (BECCA DEL MONTE/The Stanford Daily) The six grants, which total $1.8 million, are set to fund projects on energy storage, fuel and solar cells, geothermal system modeling, water oxidation and carbon dioxide reduction. Institute Director Franklin Orr ’69 said the projects, all led by Stanford faculty, were chosen for their potential to attract funding to add to Precourt’s grants. — Elizabeth Titus energy Franklin Orr Precourt Institute for Energy President John Hennessy research 2010-05-05 The Daily News Staff May 5, 2010 0 Comments Share tweet Subscribe Click here to subscribe to our daily newsletter of top headlines.