Institutions awarding the master's degree and universities awarding the Ph.D. degree, or (2) 2-year colleges awarding the associate's degree and institutions awarding the baccalaureate degree. Details of allowable costs are available from the Headquarters Office. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicant Eligibility: NRSA eligibility is limited to students who are U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or permanent residents from 442 ethnic/racial groups that are underrepresented in research in the biomedical sciences in the United States. These groups include, but are not limited to, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and natives of the U.S. Pacific Islands. Individual NRSA awardees must be nominated and sponsored by a public or nonprofit private institution having staff and facilities appropriate to the proposed research training program. Applications for the Bridges Program may be submitted by domestic, private or public educational institutions, and by State or local systems of higher education. Programs developed or modified under this initiative must be specifically designed to target underrepresented minorities. Applications must include a partnership between: (1) A 2- year institution that offers the associate degree as the only undergraduate degree in the sciences within the participating departments and that has a significant enrollment of underrepresented minorities, and a college or university offering the
|
