Table 1.
Minority Recruitment Enhancement Grant Awardees Summary
| Site No. | Type of Sitea | 1st MREG Funding Date |
2nd MREG Funding Date |
Total Funds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1b | Academic Center | July 2002 | July 2003 | $100,000 |
| 2b | Academic Center | July 2002 | July 2003 | $100,000 |
| 3 | Cancer Program | July 2002 | July 2003 | $100,000 |
| 4 | CCC | July 2002 | July 2003 | $100,000 |
| 5 | VACSP | July 2002 | July 2003 | $100,000 |
| 6 | Academic Center | July 2002 | $50,000 | |
| 7c | Academic Center | July 2002 | $50,000 | |
| 8 | Academic Center | July 2002 | $50,000 | |
| 9 | CCOP | August 2002 | August 2003 | $100,000 |
| 10 | VACSP | September 2002 | September 2003 | $100,000 |
| 11b | MBCCOP | October 2002 | $50,000 | |
| 12 | Cancer Program | April 2003 | $50,000 | |
| 13 | CCOP | April 2003 | $50,000 | |
| 14 | Academic Center | August 2003 | $50,000 | |
| 15b | Community Health Center | August 2003 | $50,000 | |
| TOTALS: | 11 MREGS | 11 MREGs | $1,100,000 |
Notes:
Academic Center: Facility is also involved in higher education and research.
Cancer Program: Facility that has a cancer program, may or may not be an academic center, not an NCI designated Cancer Center or Comprehensive Cancer Center.
CCOP: Community Clinical Oncology Program. A large network that allows community physicians to participate in NCI sponsored clinical cancer trials.
CCC: Comprehensive Cancer Center. NCI designated cancer center that has research activities in each of three major areas: laboratory, clinical, and population-based research, with substantial transdisciplinary research that bridges these scientific areas. The CCC must also demonstrate professional and public education and dissemination of clinical and public health advances into the community it serves.
Community Health Center: Facility that provides public health services.
MBCCOP: Minority - Based Community Clinical Oncology Program allows racial and ethnic minority cancer patients to have access to quality medical care in their own communities.
VACSP: Department of Veteran Affairs Cooperative Studies Program. Department of Veterans Affairs provides medical care to veterans and their family members.
Site had a large percentage of African American recruits pre-MREG. MREG was awarded to maintain already high African American recruitment.
Large site with access to large numbers of Hispanic and African American recruits. MREG was awarded to enhance both African American and Hispanic recruits.