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Centers
of Excellence grants
assist health professions schools to support programs of excellence
in health professions education for minority individuals in allopathic
and osteopathic medicine, dentistry and pharmacy and graduate programs
in behavioral or mental health (clinical and counseling psychology,
clinical social work, marriage and family therapy). COE
strengthens the national capacity to train students from minority
groups that are under-represented in these health professions and
build a more diverse health care workforce.
The three-year
grants support efforts that:
- Develop a Competitive Applicant
Pool;
- Enhance Academic Performance;
- Provide Faculty Development
to train, recruit and retain under-represented minority faculty,
including payment of stipends and fellowships;
- Focus on Minority Health
Issues in information resources, clinical education,
curricula;
- Facilitate Faculty and Student
Research in minority health;
- Provide Community-Based
Clinical Training in which students care for significant
numbers of racial and ethnic minority patients; and
- Provide Stipends
to students who are from racial and ethnic groups under-represented
in the health professions.
Eligibility
- Schools of Medicine (allopathic
or osteopathic), Dentistry, Pharmacy and graduate programs in
Behavioral or Mental Health
- Enrollment of African American,
Hispanic, American Indian and Alaska Native students significantly
higher than the national average
- Hispanic Centers of Excellence
give priority to programs that serve Hispanic individuals
- Native American Centers
of Excellence focus on programs that serve American Indians
and Alaska Natives and establish a linkage with at least one public
or private nonprofit institution of higher education (including
schools of nursing) that have traditionally enrolled a significant
number of Native Americans
FY
2004 grantees
Building
a Community-Responsive Health Professions Workforce
U.S.-Mexico Border Centers of Excellence Consortium |
