WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to three grants for support for investigators in conducting research related to understanding drug use and overdose risk and protective factors. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Developm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to four grants for support for investigators in conducting violence prevention research. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) is to provide support for an intensive,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service announced that it expects to award grants or cooperative agreements for progrmas to support landowners in implementing forest resilience practices. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is the first in an anticipated series of Landowner Support for Forest Resilience NOFOs. Landowner Support for Forest Resilience is currently funded by four Inflatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to six grants or cooperative agreements for research to improve fire weather forecast. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "NOAA's Weather Program Office (WPO, wpo.noaa.gov/nofo) is soliciting proposals for two grant competitions from this notification, valued at approximately $2.0 million per year as follows: 1) Climate Testb  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to four grants for the evaluation of policy-level interventions to prevent overdose. The agency description of the grant states: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC, Injury Center) is soliciting investigator-initiated research to rigorously evaluate effectiveness of po  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for marine debris removal. The agency description of the grant states: "The NOAA Marine Debris Program, authorized in the Marine Debris Act, codified at 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1951 et seq., supports the development and implementation of marine debris removal and prevention projects that benefit coastal habitat, waterways, and marine and Great Lake res  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for research tools for difficult to culture eukaryotic pathogens. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support high risk, milestone-driven approaches for the development of robust culture techniques, and/or genetic and molecular tools to better understand the biology of select human  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for marine debris interception technologies. The agency description of the grant states: "The NOAA Marine Debris Program, authorized in the Marine Debris Act, codified at 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1951 et seq., supports the development and implementation of marine debris assessment, removal, and prevention projects that benefit coastal habitat, waterways  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for research projects to examine the development of treatment innovations for people living with dementia. The agency description of the grant states: "This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications for R01 research projects that aim to advance economic research on Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementias (ADRD) by examining th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Forest Service announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for Great Lakes forests restoration. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will support projects in the Great Lakes basin that implement the following strategic, priority actions: * Mitigate Forest Insect and Disease Impacts - Implement targeted reforestation and forest protection actions to minimize invasive  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for violence prevention research. The agency description of the grant states: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance understanding of approaches to prevent community violence and el  more