In light of the most recent round of federal funding cuts, Florida A&M University’s pharmacy school is seeking far more help than normal at this year’s FAMU Day of Giving after a $16.3 million grant was terminated. However, the university is attempting to recoup the money.
The multi-million-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was canceled on March 21, according to a letter sent on Monday by Seth Ablordeppey, interim dean of FAMU’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health, ahead of the annual fundraising event.
The grant, which funded FAMU’s Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) program and the pharmacy school, was terminated after being renewed last year for a nearly five-year term that would have expired in March 2029…