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University of Hartford gets $1.6M grant for medical research program

By Braley Dodson,

8 hours ago

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The University of Hartford has launched a biomedical research program with the help of a $1.6 million federal grant, the school announced on Wednesday.

The grant is from the National Institutes of Health, and will create the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement, shortened to U-RISE. Twenty students will be trained over five years.

Those in the program will get an annual scholarship of up to $30,000.

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