Grants

• Harris-Stowe State University, the historically black educational institution in St. Louis, received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation for a program to increase the number of black students training to become mathematics and science teachers. Some of the funds will be used to start a summer bridge program that will prepare incoming freshmen for college-level courses in mathematics and science.

• The University of Tennessee received a five-year, $500,000 grant for a research project examining the participation of women and minorities in the sciences and other technical fields. The principal investigator on the project is Terrell L. Strayhorn, associate professor of higher education at the university.

• Delaware State University, the historically black educational institution in Dover, received a $150,000 grant that will be used to complete the university’s Music Technology Lab. The lab includes six workstations for students in classes on song writing, music technology, and sound production.

• Johnson C. Smith University, the historically black educational institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, shared in a $500,000 grant from the Duke Endowment. The money is targeted for programs to make the campus more environmentally friendly.

• Spelman College, the historically black educational institution in Atlanta, received a $1 million grant from the Ford Foundation, for its Women’s Research and Resource Center.

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