The United Negro College Fund has recently initiated the first round of competitive grant funding made available to several UNCF member schools under the organization's new Institute for Capacity Building. As one of the first major new programs to emerge during the presidency of Dr. Michael Lomax, ICB deepens the level of support the nation's best-known minority higher education assistance organization provides its 39 member schools. As of early April, 18 UNCF member schools have received either an Institutional Advancement Program or Enrollment Management Program grant designed "to increase enrollment and retain students through strong enrollment management programs." The grant programs are designed to be competitive, with UNCF schools submitting proposals for a limited number of ICB awards for a given program area. Officially launched in spring 2006 and headquartered in UNCF's Atlanta office, ICB supports UNCF's member institutions in four additional areas: curriculum development, recruitment and retention of faculty; maintaining solid fiscal management policies and practices; developing campus master plans to preserve historic sites and assisting campus infrastructure development; and enhancing leadership development and governance. As such, ICB provides a timely and much-needed resource for the private HBCUs that are UNCF members.