By Jessica M. Scully
In the months since the federal stimulus act was passed, released funds have supported renewable energy research and highway projects, as well as helped extend unemployment benefits. Along with these more publicized aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, stimulus funds are also supporting biomedical research on health issues disproportionately affecting minorities, and programs assisting minority students interested in biomedical careers.
The National Institutes of Health received $10 billion under the act. As of early October, over $5 billion had been awarded from these funds, with information about grants made available on a website (http://report.nih.gov/recovery/arragrants.cfm). A search of the site revealed a number of grants given to minority-serving institutions. Chantal Vella, an assistant professor in the department of kinesiology at the
Vella received $99,000 in stimulus funds, which supplements an earlier grant of $333,000 to support work on the project from July 2008-2011. The stimulus funds provide money to purchase equipment and increase research staff hours to ensure the study can be completed in the original three years, she added.
Funds from the stimulus act are also supporting programs that benefit minority college and university students.
Michael Gaines, professor of biology and assistant provost of undergraduate research and community outreach at the
Gaines says the majority of the funding from the earlier grant went to the
While the program has long been funded, the stimulus money allows it to grow. Through the new grant, the program has expanded from three campuses at the community college to four, and an additional 20 students are expected to become Bridge scholars. This funding also allows a program, called peer-led team learning in which advanced students become workshop leaders for younger students, to be expanded to the community college student body.
“As a result of the stimulus money, we are able to increase the impact for all students, not just the Bridge scholars themselves,” Gaines said.
Some minority serving institutions received funding both for programs and for research. For example, Morehouse School of Medicine, a historically black university, was awarded $210,000 for cholera research and a total of $900,000 for two programs to assist students, according the NIH.
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On the human resource level, Senay said his company had the luxury of avoiding downsizing in a down time. Vacancies were created, but not for familiar faces in the PR industry who travel from one company to another like walking through revolving doors.