WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency announced through a broad agency announcement that it expects to award up to two grants or cooperative agreements for inner city innovation hubs. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.8 million with a ceiling of $700,000. The categories of funding activity are a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technology and other research and development. Eligible applic  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for scientific studies to understand marine, coastal or human environments affected by offshore oil and gas or other mineral exploration in Alaska's Outer Continental Shelf. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $733,000 with a ceiling of $400,000. The category of funding activity is environment. Eligible Appli  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the removal emergency response program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 with a ceiling of $100,000. The category of funding activity is environment. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible entities to promote the participation of   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for projects that achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million with a ceiling of $800,000. Eligible entities include tribal governments (or intertribal consortia) and Alaska Native Villages, which have jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. The agency description of the cooperati  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for the children's healthy learning environments initiative. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $315,000. The category of funding activity is environment. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of the Children's Healthy Learning Environments Grant Initiative is to provide capacity building to address children's  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 33 cooperative agreements for partnerships to help enhance the implementation of natural resource conservation key technical services and projects in Georgia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.5 million with a ceiling of $600,000. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. El  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $425,000 cooperative agreement to the Maritime Pilots Institute of Covington, Louisiana, for the development of a whale-avoidance training curriculum for cruise ship pilots and deck officers operating in and near Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) transportation. The agency des  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $331,208 cooperative agreement to the University of Nevada, Reno, for the study of the efficacy of ultraviolet light to treat aquatic vegetation in an unlined canals. The categories of funding activity are a) natural resources and b) science and technology and other research and development. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Bureau of Reclamati  more