Higher Education Grants of Interest to African-Americans

money-bagHere is this week’s news of grants to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.

The University of Rhode Island received a $638,939 grant from the National Science Foundation for a program to increase the number of students in mathematics and technology-related disciplines. The program will offer student scholarships, academic counseling, and mentoring support for students from underrepresented groups who choose to major in mathematics, computer science, or computer engineering.

Fayetteville State University, the historically Black educational institution in North Carolina, has announced that it received a $10 million endowment from the Cumberland Community Foundation to establish the Robert H. Short/Cumberland Community Foundation Scholars Program.

The University of California at Los Angeles has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the work of its Center for Autism Research and Treatment. The money will be used to study the genetics of autism in African Americans.

The Higher Education Consortium of Metropolitan St. Louis is sponsoring a summer program at historically Black Harris-Stowe State University that will provide low-income high school students the opportunity to experience life on a college campus for one week this summer. The program is funded by a grant from the Express Scripts Foundation.

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Get the JBHE Weekly Bulletin

Receive our weekly email newsletter delivered to your inbox

Latest News

Dillard University to Expand Opportunities for Film Studies Students

The partnership between Dillard University and E. Ross Studios School of Film & Television in New Orleans will be an academic enterprise that integrates technology and creativity that drives innovation and amplifies culture.

The Next Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida

Levi Thompson has been serving dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware. He previously served as a faculty member at the University of Michigan, where he was associate dean for undergraduate education and director of the Hydrogen Energy Technology Laboratory

UCLA Teams Up With Morgan State University in a Student Exchange Program

The UCLA-MSU collaboration is part of the UC-HBCU Initiative, a statewide program designed to address the underrepresentation of African American students in graduate studies through partnerships and research opportunities.

Nneka Dennie Receives National Book Prize for Outstanding Bibliographical Scholarship

Dr. Dennie's award-winning book, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist, examines the works of North America's first Black woman newspaper editor.

Featured Jobs