Category: Honors & Awards

Honors & Awards

06/3/08

Grant Award from HRSA to SHPS for Nursing Diversity Initiative

Congratulations to our colleagues in SHPS; the School of Health Professions and Studies  (Austin Agho, Linda Knecht, Jamila Harris, Ka’Neesha Allen and Annette Paterson) who were recently notified that their application for the UM-Flint Initiatives for Nursing Diversity (UM-FIND) has been awarded $378,275 by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)!

The purpose of the project is to increase the level of diversity and cultural competence in Flint’s nursing workforce by providing disadvantaged/minority students at the middle school, high school, associate degree and baccalaureate levels with the skills and resources to successfully compete for admission, enrollment, progression and graduation from the BSN program at UM-Flint.

05/5/08

Research and Creative Activity Funds Awarded

The Research and Creative Activity Committee (RCAC) has approved the most recent wave of grant proposals. To see the list of recipients, visit the Office of Research page.

For Research and Creative Activity awards: http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/RCAC_awards08.htm

For International Travel award recipients: http://www.umflint.edu/research/faculty_funding/intl_awards08.htm

Congratulations to each of the recipients!

04/2/08

U of M Human Research Protection Program Receives Accreditation

From The University Record:

The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs has granted full accreditation to U-M, one of 15 institutions to receive the group’s endorsement this year.

The AAHRPP in a non-profit organization that works with universities, hospitals and other institutions that conduct biomedical, behavioral and social sciences research involving human participants. The group accredits institutions that demonstrate they provide participant safeguards beyond the threshold of state and federal requirements.

To date, 107 institutions have earned AAHRPP accreditation. The latest endorsements were announced March 20 in Washington, D.C.

Source

Congratulations to all involved, especially UM-Flint’s IRB!