WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 1,300 mandatory grants for comprehensive programs that are designed to meet the unique cultural, language, and educational needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $105,381,000.The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to Native American tribal governments and organizations and local education a  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 28 discretionary grants for education innovation and research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $125 million with a ceiling of $4 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to local education agencies; state education agencies; Bureau of Indian Education; a consortium of state education agencies or loc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for education innovation and research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $125 million with a ceiling of $15 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to local education agencies; state education agencies; Bureau of Indian Education; consortium of state education agencies or l  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 15 discretionary grants for the development of field-initiated innovations to improve students' achievement. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $125 million with a ceiling of $8 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to local education agencies; state education agencies; Bureau of Indian Education; a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for public diplomacy programming in China. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $150,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) education, c) environment, d) health, e) humanities, f) law, justice and legal services. The funding is open to independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Nativ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to eight discretionary grants for the enhancement of the quality of assessment instruments and assessment systems used by states for measuring the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school students. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $17,622,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to state educational agencies of the 50 st  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for the strengthening of cultural ties between the U.S. and India through cultural and exchange programming that highlights shared values and promotes bilateral cooperation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 with a ceiling of $50,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) education and c) environm  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to 20 discretionary grants for projects that strengthens bilateral relationship between U.S. and Slovenia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $70,000 with a ceiling of $10,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) business and commerce, b) community development, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) energy, f) environment, g) l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the acceleration of cancer research. This funding opportunity uses the administrative supplement mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent scho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for research education short courses. This funding opportunity uses the education projects-cooperative agreements mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; inde  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a program logistics and evaluation coordinating center. This funding opportunity uses the resource-related research projects- cooperative agreements mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, townsh  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued a Request for Information on affordable private schools in Afghanistan. The agency description of the Request for Information states: "The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to collect written information about Affordable PrivateSchool (APS) in order to address issues related to out-of-school children in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The information may be used to help identify major issues in imple  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development in Afghanistan issued a Request for Information on community-based education. The agency description of the Request for Information states: "The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to collect written information on Community Based Education (CBE) programs to address the issue of out-of-school children in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The information will be used by U.S. Agency for International Development   more