Cal State awarded $60 million in federal grants to help diversify biomedical research

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Three California State University campuses Wednesday were awarded more than $60 million in federal grants to help train low-income and minority students for biomedical research careers.

The National Institutes of Health grants are for five years and include $22.7 million to Cal State Long Beach, $21.8 million to Cal State Northridge and $17 million to San Francisco State University to develop mentorship programs, engage students’ families, improve instruction and develop community-based research projects.

“The opportunities it will bring about for our faculty and students are truly unprecedented for this university,” Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley said in a statement.

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