WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $716,659 cooperative agreement to the Arizona State University for interdisciplinary modeling and visualization to support resource decision making in the Lower Mekong River Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "Local and national governments in the Lower Mekong River Basin, as well as community groups and individuals, are disadvantaged by lack of understanding   more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the strengthening of capacity to monitor air quality and expand awareness of issues among decision makers in Southeast Asia. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $296,296. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to non-profits; non-profits having a 501(c)3   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a demonstration project on integrating deoxyribonucleic acid profiles, genomics and photo-identification data. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $350,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to public and state controlled institutions of higher education and state agencie  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for the national federal partnership liaisons to identify needs and products on hurricanes, flooding, coastal storms, marine, aquatic and coastal hazards and fishing communities. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $200,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natu  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $25,000 cooperative agreement to the Emporia State University of Kansas for the survey of migrating and wintering birds at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. The agency description of the grant states: "The objective of this agreement is to survey migrating and wintering birds at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (TAPR). Data will provide preserve managers informat  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $260,000 cooperative agreement to the Michigan State University, a member of the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, for the evaluation of the relationship of community gravel beds in Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The agency description of the grant states: "Tree canopy cover in the United States is declining. Nowak and Greenfield (2012) documented that  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $25,000 cooperative agreement to the Pipestone Indian Shrine Association of Minnesota for the hosting of tribal consultations that provide an opportunity to discuss the unique resources that are preserved and protected through the Pipestone National Monument. The agency description of the grant states: "The goal of this project is to host tribal consultations and gatherings th  more