WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for strategies to improve health outcomes and to reduce disparities in rural populations. 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 open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school district  more