Minority Serving Institutions Initiative (MSI)
USAID works to increase the number of students from
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs),
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal colleges
and Universities (TCUs) who pursue careers in international
family planning, reproductive health, and population
and the environment. This project provides internships
both to undergraduates through summer internships and
customized graduate degree internships, through professional
development opportunities to MSI faculty engaged in
research, teaching, and advising these fields, for technical
experts who can engage in international activities,
and through participation of these organizations in
our programs. In 1994, USAID sought to expand the HBCUs'
technical assistance capability in the area of reproductive
health by funding JHPIEGO to partner with selected HBCUs.
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