Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston received a four-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for its Advancement, Recruitment, and Retention of Women in Science (ARROWS) program. The grant is under the direction of Etta D. Pisano, dean of the College of Medicine at the university. Dr. Pisano is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine.

The University of Findlay in Ohio received a three-year, $287,000 grant from the Office on Violence Against Women of the U.S. Department of Justice for programs to reduce sexual assaults, stalking, and dating violence on campus.