Here is this week’s news of grants or gifts to historically Black colleges and universities or for programs of particular interest to African Americans in higher education.
The School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University has received a grant from AARP and the Association of Critical-Care Nurses to support a project focused on advancing diversity in the field of nursing. The funding will expand two existing Vanderbilt programs that provide workshops for nurses from underrepresented groups to learn leadership skills for successful careers in healthcare and academia.
A consortium of universities led by historically Black Tuskegee University in Alabama has been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The RISE Consortium, a collaboration between Tuskegee, Auburn University, Auburn University Montgomery, Troy University, Southern University State Community College, and Oakland University in Michigan, supports students studying STEM by facilitating workshops, research, and networking opportunities across the participating institutions.
Keisha Rogers, professor of rehabilitation counseling at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, has been awarded a $299,989 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research program. The new funds will support Dr. Rogers’ research into the experiences of Black faculty who teach at HBCUs across the country.
An anonymous donor has gifted $20 million to Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, to support the college’s mission to advance underrepresented populations in healthcare fields. The gift will be used to expand the HBCU’s educational offerings and scholarship support.
Morgan State University in Baltimore, has been awarded a $20.9 million grant from the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. Over the next five years, the grant will be used to enhance the HBCU’s Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation’s ongoing research aimed at reducing and eliminating health disparities within marginalized communities.
Livingstone College, an HBCU in Salisbury, North Carolina, has recently been awarded a total of $1.2 million in grants and gifts from federal institutions, charitable foundations, and individual philanthropists. The new funding will provide enhancements to the college’s STEM opportunities, campus infrastructure, student support systems, and the football program.
