HBCUs get few R&D dollars, leaders say. (Washington Update).(historically black colleges and universities)(Brief Article)

The share of federal research dollars flowing to Black colleges is going down instead of up, says one HBCU leader who is urging Congress to focus more attention on the issue.

Of the $14 billion awarded government-wide to colleges and universities for research and development, less than 1 percent--or $164 million--is going to historically Black colleges, says Dr. Frederick Humphries, president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Education (NAFEO).

Worse yet, the dollars to HBCUs are going down, Humphries told a House Education and the Workforce subcommittee in February. Using National Science Foundation (NSF) data, Humphries said the $164 …