Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity Building in Minority Serving Institutions

The summary for the Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity Building in Minority Serving Institutions grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity Building in Minority Serving Institutions: CDCs Procurement and Grants Office has published a request for application announcement entitled, Enhancing Professional Education, Research Infrastructure, and Capacity Building in Minority Serving Institutions. $900,000 [this amount is an estimate, and subject to the availability of funds] will be available in fiscal year 2005 to fund approximately three awards. The purpose of the program announcement is to assist organizations which provide support for the advancement of professional development, education, and research and training for racial and ethnic minorities. These organizations consist of representatives from member institutions (medical, dental public health, pharmacy, and/or veterinarian schools) who work to ensure racial and ethnic parity in health professions. Applications may be submitted by a lead organization that serves the targeted racial and ethnic minority population. Lead organizations are nonprofit educational, scientific and charitable 501 (c)(3) organizations, that engage the collaborative resources, scholarship and technology of HBCUs, HSIs, including Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSPHS); or TCUs. The applicant organizations must serve as the umbrella organizations for HBCUs, HSIs, including HSHPS; or TCUs. For the purpose of this announcement, umbrella organizations are defined as nonprofit educational, scientific, and charitable 501 (c)(3) organizations that serve as the management, administrative, and clearinghouse arm for member HBCU, HSI/HSPHS, and TCU institutions. For complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grantmain.htm. The estimated funding date is August 31, 2005.