WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to eight grants or cooperative agreements for research to improve the estimation of soil and dust ingestion rates of children. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8.1 million with a ceiling of $1,350,000. Information on Eligibility: See Section III of the solicitation for further information (https://www.epa.gov/research-grants/estimating-childrens-soil-and-dust-ingestion-rat  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 12 cooperative agreements for wetland program development in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.2 million with a ceiling of $200,000. Additional Information on Eligibility: See Section III of the solicitation for further information https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/region-3-wetland-program-d  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for the promotion of public awareness of farm bill activities in West Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $200,000. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Eligible Applicants: State governments; Private institutions of higher education; Nonp  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for easement monitoring and wetland restoration in Georgia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal government  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for collaboration and development of state- and community-level conservation leadership in Minnesota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million with a ceiling of $1 million. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Eligible Applicants: State gover  more