Season of Science to March 5, 2020 Pinnacle Awards
Businesses, states contribute little to HBCU R&D
HBCUs ranked by federal funding
Florida A&M, Howard, N.C. A&T, Morehouse School of Medicine lead as recipients of federal R&D awards
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Black scientists concentrated in grade school, not higher educationo
More than two thirds of Black scientists and engineers work in preK-12 instead of higher education
Wealth creation comes from graduate level research instiitutions, but funding is not distributed equally
Federal agencies have not required grantees to develop the African-American workforce and have not funded HBCUs fairly.
African-Amerricans in graduate education in STEM
HBCUs produce more, but get less funding
Top producers of doctoral candidates are HBCUs
Bigggest recipients produce few Black doctorates
HBCUs ranked by state, local funding
Prairie View, Alcorn State lead in state, local support for R&D