WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it expects to award up to 200 grants for the expansion of the infrastructure for renewable fuels derived from agricultural products. The agency description of the grant states: "What does this program do? * The purpose of HBIIP is to increase significantly the sales and use of higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel by expanding the infrastructure for renewable fuels derived from U.S. agricultural products. * The program   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service announced that it expects to award grants for rural forest landscapes restoration. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Landscape Scale Restoration competitive grant program is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority rural forest landscapes. This program supports high impact projects that lead to measurable outcomes on the landscape, leverage public and private re  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to 40 grants or cooperative agreements for weather and air quality research. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "NOAA's Weather Program Office (WPO) is soliciting proposals for four grant competitions from this notification valued at approximately $13.5 million per year as follows: 1) Innovations for Community Modeling, 2)   more