Being awarded a grant your first time applying is rare. Dr. Ernie Kaninjing, assistant professor of public health at Georgia College & State University (GCSU), doesn’t let that stop him from pursuing external funding for his research on disparate prostate cancer outcomes among African immigrant men in the United States. “Be persistent. It doesn’t happen overnight,” Kaninjing said. “A lot of my successful grant proposals have taken years and years of work. You have to be dedicated...
