Past Grants

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.

Over the past year, 49 individuals enrolled into BioSTART, with 43 students (or 88%) completing the six-week program.  All 43 students enrolled in the nine-week Lab Associates program.  Of these students, 14 completed training, and 20 are completing their internships.  BTI estimates that 70% of the graduates will be placed into research laboratory and manufacturing technician positions at an average wage of at least $14.75/hour.  In the coming year, BTI plans to train 45 Baltimore residents, maintaining high job placement and retention rates of all graduates.

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.

Two grants for general support of a biotechnology laboratory training program for disadvantaged Baltimore City high school graduates. The program prepares the graduates for positions as bioscience technicians. It also designs specialized training programs for existing low-income laboratory workers in client-specific techniques and procedures, affording the workers the opportunity for advancement.

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc.ﾠ

For continued support of the BioSTART and Laboratory Associates Programs. Each model involves 24 weeks of training and has been designed to enable high school graduates to pursue entry-level lab technician positions in bioscience.

Black Girls Cook, Fiscally Sponsored by Bmore Empowered, Inc.

Black Girls Cook aims to teach girls of color, how to grow, buy, and prepare healthy and affordable food. In addition to offering cooking and edible gardening programs, Black Girls Cook guest instructors are role models of different career possibilities in the food and hospitality industry. This grant is for general operating support.

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Black Women Build – Baltimore

In support of homebuyer incentives for Black women to purchase formerly vacant houses they help to renovate in West Baltimore. The initiative is intended to help Black women build carpentry and housing rehabilitation skills and enable wealth-building in communities that have historically been underinvested and undervalued.

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