Grants and Gifts

• Northwestern University received a $10.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a research project on how the disproportionate level of incarceration in penal institutions contributes to a higher incidence of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community.

• Historically black Alabama A&M University received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a program to assist minority farmers and ranchers take advantage of governmental programs.

• Coppin State University, this historically black educational institution in Baltimore, received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to finance the installation of a solar energy system to provide the electric power needs of eight campus buildings.

• Historically black Howard University, in conjunction with the Georgetown University Medical Center, received a five-year, $38.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science.

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