Tougaloo College Research & Development Foundation

What We Do

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Encourage HBCUs to collaborate
with other institutions
for collaborative agreements 
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Engage corporate partners to enable student recruitment and campus programming 
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Enhance communication between Congress and HBCUs for federal research
​and contract opportunities
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Why We Work

Funding disparities have traditionally existed between government sources
​and various institutions of higher learning.  
Our work provides avenues for HBCUs to secure an equitable portion of those funding opportunities.  

$35 billion:  awarded to institutions of higher learning in science and engineering
                                 $320 million:  awarded across all HBCUs in science and engineering                                     
                                                -National Science Foundation fiscal year 2018 data
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