Oklahoma City, Oklahoma--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2026) - The Hamm Institute for American Energy at Oklahoma State University has awarded $225,000 in seed grant funding, supported by Google.org, to advance nine new research projects focused on strengthening energy security.Each project will receive $25,000 to support early stage research on energy markets, firm power, critical minerals, grid resilience and data center infrastructure.The grants are made possible by Google.org's support for the.