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The Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program enhances the research
capacity and infrastructure at minority colleges and universities that offer doctorates
in health sciences. Graduate institutions eligible to apply for the RCMI grants
must have one or more underrepresented minority groups that comprise 50 percent
or greater of their student body representation and offer doctorate degrees in
the health-related sciences.
RCMI support is provided by the NCRR Division of Research Infrastructure (DRI).
It provides funding to recruit established and promising researchers, acquire
advanced instrumentation, modify laboratories for competitive research, fund core
research facilities, and other research support. Because many investigators at
RCMI institutions study diseases that disproportionately affect minorities, NCRR
support serves the dual purpose of bringing more minority scientists into mainstream
research and enhancing studies of minority health.
The DRI also funds the RCMI Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative. This
initiative supports clinical research activities at institutions that have RCMIs
to encourage minority scientists to participate in clinical investigations.
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NIH Grants Support Health Disparities Biomedical Research The National Institutes of Health announces the award of grants to three biomedical research institutions, totaling more than $35.9 million, to establish Comprehensive Centers on Health Disparities (CCHD). The grants were awarded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), components of NIH. The grants will strengthen and augment the clinical research capabilities that are needed to define the causes of health disparities in the racial and ethnic populations served by the grantee institutions. - October 2003 |
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NIH Awards Grant for Pharmaceutical Research at Florida A&M; University NCRR
announces the award of a $15 million grant to Florida A&M; University
(FAMU) to enhance the biomedical research capacity of the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. - August 2002 |
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For further information, contact:
Director, Division of Research Infrastructure
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza, Room 934
6701 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 4874
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874
Telephone: 301-435-0788
FAX: 301-480-3770
e-mail: RIADIR@mail.nih.gov
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