WASHINGTON, July 30 - The Corporation for National and Community Service announced that it expects to award up to 236 discretionary grants for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $21 million with a ceiling of $468,406 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) community development, b)disaster prevention and relief, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) environment, f) food and nu  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a project aimed at increasing prosperity in the Arctic through youth entrepreneurship. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $24,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to legally-recognized non-profit, non-governmental organizations that meet U.S. and Norwegian technical and legal requirements. The agency description of the gr  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a coordinating center for participant engagement and cancer genome sequencing. This funding opportunity uses the resource-related research projects- cooperative agreements mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $350,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced that it expects to award up to 52 cooperative agreements for opportunities for students to engage with NASA's aeronautics, space and facilities. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $36 million with a ceiling of $700,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The agency description of the grant states: "This Cooperative Agreement Notice is a multi  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a series of a model NATO simulation programs with university-level student participation in Norway. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $45,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to legally-recognized non-profit, non-governmental organizations that meet U.S. and Norwegian technical and legal requirements. The agency  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the restoration of the University of Anbar in Iraq. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: "Iraq's communities at the areas seized by ISIS were victims of extreme violence and disp  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the restoration of the University of Fallujah in Iraq. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: "Iraq's communities at the areas seized by ISIS were victims of extreme violence and d  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the restoration of the University of Mosul in Iraq. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: "Iraq's minority communities were victims of extreme violence and genocide in the areas a  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the restoration of the University of Tikrit in Iraq. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: "Iraq's communities at the areas seized by ISIS were victims of extreme violence and dis  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for informatics technologies for cancer research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the 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 gove  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for informatics technologies for cancer research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the 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 gove  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 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 on environmental health. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $800,000 with a ceiling of $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment and c) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts;  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $94,480 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for a landscape project to renew the grounds at Andersonville National Historic Site in Georgia. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will assist NPS in improving the appearance of the Andersonville National Cemetery and the Andersonville National Historic Site Pris  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $30,000 cooperative agreement to the Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, of Alabama for forest management, assessment, inventory and applied silviculture activities in Southeast Region refuges. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00316 (CFDA 15.678). For more information, contact Kerri Heywood, 404/679-4066, kerri_heywood@fws.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $124,580 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for intern assistance to the Park Service for collection of field data, analysis and reporting for rare plants, forest vegetation, water quality and wildlife. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will provide intern assistance to the NPS for monitoring of water quality, vegetati  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $71,400 cooperative agreement to the Conservation Legacy of Durango, Colorado, for engaging veterans and Native American youth in habitat restoration projects at the Rainbow Bridge National Monument and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona and Utah. The agency description of the grant states: "By participating in the project, Veterans and Native American youth will l  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the clinical characterization of cancer therapy-induced adverse sequelae and mechanism-based interventional strategies. This funding opportunity uses the research project grant 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 s  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $165,000 cooperative agreement to the Great Basin Institute of Reno, Nevada, for museum and archives cataloging, access and preservation. The agency description of the grant states: "The goal of this Agreement is to provide service opportunities for students and/or entry-level professional interns, volunteers, or resource assistants to work side-by-side with NPS professional st  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $65,605 cooperative agreement to the Montana State University for the prediction of the invasion capacity of annual wheatgrass and desert alyssum at the Yellowstone National Park's Gardiner Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "Our goal is to build predictive population models allowing quantification of the risk of these species becoming invasive, and generate inf  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $27,863 cooperative agreement to the National Council for Preservation Education for interns at the Western Archeological and Conservation Center in Tucson, Arizona. The agency description of the grant states: "Cooperative Agreement Number P17AC00225 was entered between the NPS and the recipient to advance mutual goals of NPS and NCPE of developing and sharing information and i  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $30,152 cooperative agreement to the Northern Arizona University for the development of online launch calendar. The agency description of the grant states: "This collaboration provides direct tangible benefits for both NPS and NAU - NPS benefits from the technical expertise of associated faculty, as well as high quality software development work; NAU benefits from an applied re  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $26,535 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for an environmental education intern at the Channel Islands National Park in California. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00425 (CFDA 15.931). For more information, contact Rachel Dell'Osso, 415/464-5110, Rachel_Dell'Osso@nps.gov.  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $54,682 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for the preservation and conservation of historic structures. The agency description of the grant states: "Master Cooperative Agreement Number P15AC00031 was entered into by and between the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, (NPS), and The Student Conservation Associati  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $77,794 grant to the Zoological Society of San Diego, California, for youth engagement, education and employment programs. The agency description of the grant states: "San Diego Zoo's Global Conservation Education Team has provided students, teachers, and community members with innovative lab-and field-based research experiences that strengthen their knowledge and appr  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in the city of Bridgeport towns of Stratford, Fairfield, Easton, Trumbull, and Monroe within Fairfield County, Connecticut. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $10,434,282. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is o  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for head start services in Laramie County, Wyoming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,563,594. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public a  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to 11 discretionary grants for Head Start services in counties in Mississippi. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $43,560,479. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public a  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Haskell, Latimer, Le Flore and Pittsburg counties, Oklahoma. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,110,340. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to two discretionary grants for Head Start services in Snyder, Union and Mifflin counties, Pennsylvania. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,457,438. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school dis  more