Grants and Gifts

Winston-Salem State University, the historically black educational institution in North Carolina, received a $500,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to increase the number of minority students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.

Historically black Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, received a three-year grant from the Motown Alumni Association. Under the grant program, students at Stillman College will write, produce, and perform with various Motown artists on a 28-song double CD. The services rendered by Motown artists is valued at $10 million.

Bowie State University, the historically black educational institution in Maryland, received a five-year, $753,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide scholarships for students in the university’s doctoral program in applied computer science.

The University of Akron in Ohio received a $425,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for efforts to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of black male students.

Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, received a $250,000 grant from the Jessie Ball Dupont Fund. The historically black university will use the money for library acquisitions to support its master’s degree program in integrated environmental science.

The historically black Howard University School of Law received a gift of $100,000 from Google Inc. to support research in antitrust law.

Historically black Alabama A&M University received a $399,885 grant from the National Science Foundation for a program to help students in bioengineering and life sciences to address ethical issues.