Questions need for big F&M State grant

I just got Mike Sturla’s glitzy newsletter in which he lists 5 state grants "recently awarded to groups in the 96th district." Two of these are to F&M:
"$516,650 for sediment and nutrient monitoring related to legacy sediments and $164,033 for research and development."

This is a huge amount of money to a private institution that has a $400 million endowment, especially when compared to the $47,877 for the county’s recycling program. Exactly what is it to be used for?

Sturla’s newletter is printed on glossy, unrecyclable paper.