NORDP Consultants Program Expands with Two New Cohorts in 2024

The NORDP Consultants Program, dedicated to diversifying the national research ecosystem by building capacity through research development, has launched its new website and two new cohorts with support from the National Science Foundation (OIA-2331578) in 2024.

Cohort II launched in January 2024 and is made up of MSIs aspiring to reach the R2 or R1 classification. The cohort includes:

• The City College of New York, a public Hispanic-serving Institution in New York
• Clark Atlanta University, among the private Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Georgia
• Kean University, a public Hispanic-serving Institution in New Jersey;
• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, a public Hispanic-serving Institution in Texas.

Launching in October 2024, Cohort III includes predominantly undergraduate and masters MSIs:

• Hawai’i Pacific University, a private Native Hawaiian and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institution in Hawai’i
• Kentucky State University, a public institution among the Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• McMurry University, a private Hispanic-Serving Institution in Texas
• The University of West Alabama, a private Predominantly Black Institution in Alabama.

The unique identity of each cohort allows the NORDP Consultants and Peer Mentors to collaborate and share resources, ideas, and strategies that help facilitate transformation. A request for applications for Cohort IV will be launched in early 2025. 

Cohort I, which included four Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Florida Memorial University, Morehouse School of Medicine, North Carolina A&T State University, and Spelman College, completed its intensive two-year engagement in December 2023. Cohort 1 representatives are invited to participate in ongoing quarterly networking and semi-annual professional development opportunities.

A huge thank you to the passionate group of people who make the NORDP Consultants Program possible, including:

NORDP Consultants

Peer Mentors

• Melissa Hodge-Penn
• Rupa Iyer
• Carolynn Julien
• Bori Mazzag

Budget Doctors

• Erin Butler
• Blake Cowing

Program Leadership

• Kimberly Eck
• Japera Hemming
• Erica Pitre