The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (N.Y.) was recently awarded a three-year $600,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation to support the center’s Junior Scholar Program. The program features workshops, special events, tutoring and forums featuring Black professionals. The Schomburg Center is a national research library devoted to the history and experiences of Blacks worldwide.
Southern University (La.) has received a $1.87 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of the Louisiana State University Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence. The collaborative, five-year program, led by LSU, is part of an NIH biomedical research award designed to provide funding for research capacity building in states that have not participated fully in the research programs of NIH.
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