Grants and Gifts
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded grants totaling more than $159 million to foster workforce training in the health care field. The grants will fund programs to increase the number of nurses and to enhance geriatric education and to support centers of excellence in health care research at colleges and universities that have student bodies with a high percentage of minorities.
Here is a list of the most significant grants awarded to historically black colleges and universities:
Meharry Medical College |
$4,797,277 |
Tuskegee University |
$2,956,487 |
Xavier University of Louisiana |
$2,771,566 |
Meharry Medical College |
$1,474,670 |
Howard University |
$1,044,939 |
Tuskegee University |
$418,285 |
Meharry Medical College |
$408,732 |
Hampton University |
$399,305 |
Hampton University |
$382,846 |
Kentucky State University |
$374,276 |
Coppin State University |
$374,340 |
Hampton University |
$266,381 |
Prairie View A&M University |
$250,000 |
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