The Centers of Excellence Program provides grants to accredited health professions schools and educational entities to support programs that improve academic performance and career pipelines for underrepresented minority students. Funded activities include strengthening curricula on minority health issues, expanding faculty recruitment, and supporting faculty and student research focused on minority health.
Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions, private institutions of higher education, and accredited allopathic schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and graduate programs in behavioral or mental health.
