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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:53:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Sarena Seifer <sarena@u.washington.edu>
To: ccp@u.washington.edu
Subject: "heads up" about a request for proposals 
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Dear CCP'ers,

I am writing to give you a "heads up" that a request for proposals for the
Health Professions Partnership Initiative will be coming out in the next
month.  The program is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
the WK Kellogg Foundation, and is administered by the Association of
American Medical Colleges.  The program funds community-campus
partnerships that aim to recruit/retain underrepresented minorities into
health professional careers.

Any health professional school is eligible to apply (with the exception of
 schools/programs that are at the associate degree level).  We anticipate
 that ten grants will be awarded. One-half of them are earmarked for
 schools/programs in public health. The partnerships must include at least
 two health professional schools, the pre-professional program of at least
 one undergraduate college, at least one predominantly minority high
 school and its feeder middle schools, and at least one community based
 organization. 

 Information on the current HPPI can be found on our web site:
 <http://www.aamc.org/meded/minority/3x2> The new call for proposals will
 be posted there, as well, as soon as it's released. When we receive
notice that the RFP is out, we will post information about it on the
listserv.

This might be an opportunity for an interdisciplinary group at UW to
work together on a proposal.  Take a look at the website and let me know
what you think!  These are the sorts of programs we will be even more
competitive for if Partnership NW is funded!

Sarena

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