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PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has announced
that it will award $91.1 million in four-year grants to
help 58 research and doctoral universities strengthen their
undergraduate education programs in the biological sciences.
The grants, which range between $1.2 million and
$2.2 million, bring to more than $425 million the amount
awarded since 1988 through HHMI's undergraduate grants
program, the largest private initiative in U.S. history to
enhance undergraduate science education nationwide. The
universities will use the grants to expand research opportunities for undergraduates, update
science courses and
curricula, attract new faculty in emerging fields of
science, and modernize laboratories through new scientific
equipment and technology. Many will also expand their
science outreach programs with nearby schools and community colleges.
"The Institute's undergraduate grants program, which is now
entering its second decade, is having a major impact on how
biology and related disciplines are taught at the college
level," said Purnell W. Choppin, president of the institute.
This is the eighth round of grants awarded since the program
began in 1988, and the fourth for research and doctoral
universities. The other rounds have focused on liberal arts
and master's degree-granting institutions, including historically black colleges and women's
colleges.
FCnote: The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
(MD), a medical research
organization, had assets of $12,995,368,489 and made grants
totaling $87,792,336 in the fiscal year ending 8/31/97.
"Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards $91.1 Million for
Undergraduate Science Education at 58 Universities."
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Press Release 9/16/98.
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