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