Grants and Gifts

• Lincoln University, the historically black educational institution in Jefferson City, Missouri, received a $377,076 award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for developing a curriculum for the U.S. Army Prime Power School.

• Morgan State University, the historically black educational institution in Baltimore, received an $85,913 grant from the Base Realignment Higher Education Fund to support two electrical engineering programs at the university.

• John Wood, associate professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, has received a $100,000 grant from NFL Charities to conduct research in catastrophic muscle breakdown in African-American men with the sickle cell trait.

• Howard University in Washington received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support retention programs for black and minority students in nursing and other health care related fields.

• Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee, received a $242,208 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support its Minority Health International Research Training program. The grant supports the university’s health care training programs in the United States, Brazil, and Uganda.

• North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the university’s rehabilitation services program for traditionally underserved populations.

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