OUR PROGRAMS

Application Receipt Date: April 19, 2004

The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) Program focuses on building research capacity in predominantly minority-serving academic institutions that offer one or more baccalaureate and/or master's degrees in the life sciences and other areas related to health. The RIMI program seeks to facilitate the integration of teaching and research at predominantly minority-serving academic institutions with the ultimate aims of:

1) developing sustainable research programs, and
2) enhancing the overall quality of the educational experience for students in the life sciences and related areas.

Application Receipt Date: April 19, 2004

The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) invites applications for establishing Resource-Related Research Grants (R24) under a continuing program for Project EXPORT: Centers of Excellence, Excellence in Partnerships for Community Outreach and Research on Disparities in Health and Training. This Centers of Excellence Program was authorized by the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 and is in support of the Department of Health and Human Services initiatives to address and ultimately eliminate health disparities. These R24 grant applications will focus on the development of resources and infrastructure at some institutions as a prelude to initiating full-scale health disparities research, community outreach, and training.