(AP) -- ANN ARBOR  - Three Michigan universities have received $10.5 million to employ and train people to work in the field of electrically powered vehicles. Congressman John Dingell is among officials saying they hope it's a step toward reducing the state's "brain drain" that sees many talented university grads leave for jobs elsewhere.

University of Michigan business professor Gerald Meyers says a majority of his students take jobs out of state. The University of Michigan, Michigan Tech and Wayne State also landed battery grants. Wayne engineering professor Simon Ng (ENG) professor says the battery technicians, engineers and researchers his school will train will be able to walk into newly developed jobs in Michigan.

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