Grants

• Florida A&M University, the historically black educational institution in Tallahassee, received a $260,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant will fund research at the university’s Center for Water and Air Quality.

• Norfolk State University, the historically black educational institution in Virginia, received a five-year, $2,500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant will be used to provide scholarships for Head Start teachers in the community surrounding the university so that they can earn a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.

• The University of Pittsburgh received a five-year, $4.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a research center to explore racial disparities in healthcare. The Research Center of Excellence in Minority Health Disparities will be established in the university’s Graduate School of Public Health. The research will be led by Stephen B. Thomas, Philip Hallen Professor of Community Health and Social Justice at the University of Pittsburgh.

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