U. of Texas System Gets $80 Million For New Medical School (Grants Roundup)

Here are notable new grant awards compiled by the Chronicle:

Bloomberg Philanthropies

$240 million over five years to its Initiative for Global Road Safety, which helps develop policies in low- and middle-income countries to reduce road-traffic fatalities and injuries. The grant maker has already donated $260 million through the program over the past 12 years.

East Texas Medical Center Foundation

$80 million to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler to establish a new school of medicine in the eastern part of the state. The medical school will be within the University of Texas System.

Ballmer Group

$25 million to Urban Teachers for the Black Educators Initiative, a program that aims to recruit, train, and retain 1,000 black teachers to work at schools in Baltimore, Washington, and Dallas by 2023.

Margie and Robert E. Petersen Foundation

$25 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to establish an endowment for the Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, the Vision Center, and in-patient rehabilitation services for pediatric patients.

W.P. Carey Foundation

$25 million matching gift to the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to support faculty recruitment, academic programs, and student careers.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

$13.5 million through the Rare As One Project to 30 patient-led organizations that are surveying patients with rare diseases to develop treatments and cures.

Citadel and Citadel Securities

$7.5 million for coronavirus relief efforts in China’s Hubei province to assist families affected by the deadly disease. As part of the grant, $1 million went to Hubei Xinhua Hospital, in Wuhan, for medical supplies.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

$5 million to the University of Houston College of Medicine to provide scholarships to at least 35 medical students and to create a new pipeline program to attract students from underrepresented minority groups who have an interest in practicing primary-care medicine.

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

$5 million to Arizona State University to renovate a historic building owned by the university in Los Angeles, and to endow the law school’s Indian Legal Program’s Indian Gaming and Tribal Self-Governance programs.

Carrier

$3 million over three years to the Nature Conservancy for its Build Healthy Cities program, which promotes smart planning and science-based solutions to make cities more resilient to the effects of climate change.

New Grant Opportunity

The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation is accepting applications for its Innovations in Care Program. At least two multiyear grants of up to $600,000 each over three years will support nursing programs that address the health care needs of vulnerable populations, including people who are homeless or poor, ethnic or racial minorities, LGBTQ, or living in rural areas. The deadline for applications is March 2.

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