CARBONDALE - Southern Illinois University Carbondale has received $16,694 in funding for student and/or teacher training from the National Institutes of Health.

The grant, announced Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Belleville, is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will create research experiences over the next two summers for high school and college students and science teachers at NIH-funded laboratories across the country.

"This is an example of Recovery Act funds creating jobs," Costello said. He noted that by supporting jobs in the fields of education and science, the funding also provides additional benefits that will result from the training.