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1992.06.12 :  Minority Students in Math and Science

Contact: Marc Stern (301) 496-2535
June 12, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the
signing of an agreement to enhance opportunities for minority
students in science and mathematics education programs.
       The directors of the National Institutes of Health and the
National Science Foundation approved the agreement, or Memorandum
of Understanding, adding biomedical sciences projects to three
important educational programs:  Alliances for Minority
Participation, Comprehensive Regional Centers for Minorities, and
Partnerships for Minority Student Achievement.
       The signatories were NIH Director Bernadine Healy, M.D.,
and NSF Director Walter E. Massey, Ph.D.  Other participants in
the ceremony included John Ruffin, Ph.D., NIH associate director
for minority programs; and Luther Williams, Ph.D., NSF assistant
director for education and human resources.
       "There is a direct link between our future as a great
nation and the emphasis we place on guiding our best and
brightest 
minority youth into meaningful careers in science and
mathematics," said Dr. Sullivan.
       Dr. Ruffin and Dr. Williams will chair a working group to
oversee the planning and implementation process.
       This working group will develop a strategy, consistent
with the findings and recommendations of the Federal Coordinating
Council for Science, Engineering and Technology's committee on
education and human resources, for incorporating specific
projects in fields related to biomedical sciences (e.g. biology,
chemistry, genetics, etc.) into the programmatic elements of the
undergraduate and pre-college level projects supported through
Alliances for Minority Participation Program, Comprehensive
Regional Centers for Minorities, and Partnerships for Minority
Student Achievement.            

     NIH, through its Office of Minority Programs and its various
institutes, centers and divisions, will provide financial support 
for specified activities within these programs related to the
development of minority students in biomedically-related fields.

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