The Sun Grant Association is a consortium of land-grant universities in the United States that serve as regional centers for the Sun Grant Initiative.
[1][2] As laid out in the Sun Grant Research Initiative Act of 2003, sun-grant universities have a purpose to research and develop biobased energy.
[3] The initiative was initially authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill, and has been renewed by subsequent farm bills.
[4] The sun-grant program, along with the sea- and space-grant programs, make up the three national grant programs based on the original concept of land-grant universities.
[5] The following six universities house a regional center or subcenter.