# CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduates Interested in Minority Health to Public Health and the Public Health Professions (93.456)

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CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholars Program (CUPS): A Public Health Experience to Expose Undergraduates Interested in Minority Health to Public Health and the Public Health Professions is run by Department of Health and Human Services. From fiscal 2021 to 2025 it awarded $21.1 million in 12 grants, about $1.8 million per award.

## Objectives

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to implement a national summer training program to introduce undergraduate and graduate students, including but not limited to those from under-represented and underserved racial and ethnic minority populations, to public health and biomedical sciences.

## Funding by fiscal year

| Year | Amount | Awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $6.1 million | 5 |
| 2022 | $6.1 million | 7 |
| 2023 | $8.9 million | 7 |
| 2024 | $0 | 0 |
| 2025 | $0 | 0 |

## Largest recipients

| Recipient | State | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Krieger Children's Hosptial, Inc. | Maryland | $6.8 million |
| University of California, Los Angeles | California | $2.7 million |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Michigan | $2.4 million |
| Morehouse College Inc | Georgia | $2.2 million |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York | $2.2 million |
| University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education | Pennsylvania | $1.7 million |
| Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. | Maryland | $1.6 million |
| Southern Plains Tribal Health Board Foundation | Oklahoma | $1.5 million |