RCMI Mission

The Division of Research Infrastructure, a National Institute of Health division, supports the Tuskegee University Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI), as well as these programs: -RCMI Faculty Development (FD) Award, -RCMI Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative (RCRII), -RCRII Clinical Research Faculty Development (CRFD) Award, and -RCMI Planning Grants (PG).

The primary goal of the RCMI Program is to enable predominantly underrepresented minority health professional schools and graduate institutions to become more successful in obtaining competitive extramural support for the conduct of biomedical and/or behavioral research. The Tuskegee University RCMI Program is designed to contribute to the national research capability in the health sciences by providing underrepresented minority institutions offering doctorate degrees in health and/or health-related professions the necessary resources to enter the main stream of biomedical sciences and compete with peer institutions on a more level ground.

At participating institutions, RCMI programs are administered by a Principal Investigator (PI) and a Project Director (PD) Also included are other staff needed to manage resources and core programs. The program administrators report to the scientific community and NIH-NCRR administrators. At Tuskegee University there is a Deputy Director for the RCMI program, there are two resources cores and 4 pilot projects.