WASHINGTON, July 14 -- AmeriCorps announced that it expects to award grants for support for efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $20 million. The category of funding activity is education. Eligible Applicants: City or township governments; State governments; Native American tribal governments (Federally re  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration announced that it expects to award up to 80 grants for highway-rail and pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $573,264,000. Eligible Applicants: City or township governments; State governments; County governments; and Native American tribal governments (Federally   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for commercial fishing occupational safety training. The agency description of the grant states: "The goal of the training grant program is to enhance the quality and availability of safety training for United States commercial fishermen. Availability includes the frequency, geographic considerations, channels or partners of dissem  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for transformative brain non-invasive imaging technology development. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications for team-centric development and validation of innovative non-invasive imaging technologies that could have a transformative impact on the stud  more