Grants and Gifts

• North Carolina A&T State University, the historically black educational institution in Greensboro, received a federal $750,000 grant in conjunction with the University of North Carolina at Pembroke to develop affordable alternative energy for farmers from biofuels.

• Historically black Hampton University in Virginia received a three-year, $116,011 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project to assess the validity of using case studies to teach electrical engineering to undergraduates.

• Xavier University, the historically black Catholic educational institution in New Orleans, received a $1 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to fund summer bridge programs in mathematics and science to prepare students for a college curriculum.

• The University of Maryland School of Medicine received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for research to determine how to increase the participation of blacks and other minorities in clinical trials.

• Langston University, the historically black educational institution in Oklahoma, received an $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for urban renewal projects in Langston. Part of the grant money will be used to conduct housing and foreclosure seminars for low-income residents of Oklahoma City.

• Historically black Florida A&M University received a $225,079 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a program to assist beginning farmers and ranchers.

• Bethune-Cookman University, the historically black educational institution in Daytona Beach, Florida, received a $250,000 federal grant that will be used to enhance the university’s science laboratories.

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