WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for scholarships, fellowships and faculty development. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $11 million with a ceiling of $450,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Hispanic-Serving Institutions; Historically Black  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for cultural and paleontological resources management in Alaska. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $125,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments;  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for research to advance the knowledge and practice of bioremediation to address recalcitrant hazardous substances and complex mixtures. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.5 million with a ceiling of $200,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) en  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, Feb. 11 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release on Feb. 7: Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 54th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Unalaska (Dutch Harbor) Channels Chief's Report in Washington, D.C. The signing progresses the proposed project to Congress for authorization. Located in the Aleutian Islands and about 800 miles southwest from Anchorage, a bar shallower tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for research centers in minority institutions to expand the national capacity for research in health sciences. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with health. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; non-profits having a 501(c)3   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: * * * - Cook Inlet beluga whales are one of five beluga population stocks found in U.S. waters. They are the only beluga population listed under the Endangered Species Act. * * * Cook Inlet beluga whales live in one of Alaska's most active shipping channels. Historically, the population was reduced due to hunting. Hunting ceased in 2005, but they have failed to recover. Scient  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Feb. 14 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story on Feb. 13: * * * - Local context is the key to best practices for bottom trawl fishing. * * * Leading fisheries scientists and managers from around the world joined forces in a new study evaluating best practices to minimize trawling impacts on ocean habitats. What they found is that there is no one best practice. Alaska may have some of the healthiest, best managed fish stoc  more

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colorado, Feb. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Northern Command issued the following news release: Arctic Edge 20 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command exercise scheduled every two years. Alaskan Command serves as the host headquarters for the bi-national joint-training exercise scheduled February 24 -March 6, 2020 across Alaska. As a Homeland Defense exercise, AE20 provides high quality and effective training in the extreme col  more

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Georgia, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Tech. Sgt. Scott Brakefield and his wife had recently moved to Middle Georgia from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, when a leisurely shopping trip turned into a life-saving event. Brakefield, who joined the 78th Security Forces Squadron in early January, had both hands full of shopping bags when he heard a woman calling out for help for her husband who had sustained an accidental, self-inflicted gu  more