WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration announced that it expects to award up to 30 grants for railroad safety training. The agency description of the grant states: "FRA will provide grants to States with Federal Railroad Safety Program State Participation Agreements to assist with funding eligible training, travel, and laptop computers." The estimated total program funding available was cited as $100,000. Eligible Applicants: State gover  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award grants for the construction of pumpout stations and waste reception facilities for recreational boaters. The agency description of the grant states: "The Clean Vessel Act of 1992 was signed November 4, 1992 (106 Stat. 5039) and codified in 33 U.S.C. 1322. The Act amended the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (Wallop-Breaux Act; 16 U.S.C. 777) and established th  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for legal assistance to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. The agency description of the grant states: "The overall purpose of the Eviction Protection Grant Program is to support experienced legal service providers, not limited to legal service corporations, in providing legal assistance at no cost to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to evicti  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for mental and behavioral health training for health workforce. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this program is to provide tailored training and technical assistance (TA) to Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA's) health workforce resiliency grant recipients to   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for career development in cancer research. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This FOA is specifically for laboratory-based scientists. The Research Specialist  more