Sec. 6. Environmental health disparities research grant programs
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The Director of the National Institutes of Health, in coordination with the National Center for Environmental Research at the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out a Centers of Excellence on Environmental Health Disparities Research grant program. Such program shall establish and support no fewer than 10 research centers with 5 year awards to— conduct basic and applied research on environmentally driven health disparities; establish, develop, or expand collaborations with other researchers and organizations involved in environmental health disparities and affected communities; disseminate scientific knowledge to other researchers and members of affected communities; recruit and mentor investigators to conduct environmental health disparities research, including investigators from health disparities populations; and other activities, as determined by the Director.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this program $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 thru 2026.