The GDSU is a free service provided to all CFAES faculty and staff. We are available to assist you with proposal development and submission and/or answer grant related questions. We have offices on both the Wooster and Columbus campuses. Please stop by or contact us to see how we can help you submit a successful proposal!
Beech Leaf Disease is known to affect the American Beech, making leaves shriveled and deformed, and sometimes leading to the death of saplings. Unfortunately, the cause of this disease is currently unknown. With help from the GDSU, CFAES researchers Eric Bonello and Jason Slot secured a USDA grant to use a next-generation sequencing approach to study the disease, which could eventually save thousands of trees.