WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for Sen. Wellstone muscular dystrophy cooperative research centers. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.6 million with a ceiling of $1 million. The categories of funding activity are a) health and b) income security and social services. Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nonprofit more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to 60 grants for early head start services expansion and early head start-child care partnerships. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $103,057,319 with a ceiling of $21,096,468. The category of funding activity is income security and social services. Eligible Applicants: State governments; Native American tribal governme more ST

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to six grants for support for diabetes, digestive, and kidney diseases research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4,250,000 with a ceiling of $500,000. The categories of funding activity are a) food and nutrition and b) health. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of hig more ST

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the transition to aging research for predoctoral students. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $450,000. Eligible Applicants: State governments; Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; City or township governments; Independent school districts; Public housing authoriti more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award grants for integrative research to understand the impact of sex differences on the molecular determinants of Alzheimer's disease risk and responsiveness to treatment. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5.5 million with a ceiling of $750,000. Eligible Applicants: Independent school districts; Public and State controlled institutions o more ST

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for investigator-initiated research on genetic counseling processes and practices. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $500,000. The categories of funding activity are a) education and b) health. Eligible Applicants: Small businesses; Special district governments; State governments; Public and State controlled institutions of higher edu more ST

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued a funding opportunity announcement for validation studies of analytical methods for dietary supplement constituents. No award amount was specified for this program. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrition and d) health. Eligible Applicants: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) s more ST

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued a funding opportunity announcement for studies on ethical, legal, and social implications of human genome research. No award amount was specified for this program. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) environment and c) health. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Private institutions of  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued a funding opportunity announcement for studies on the ethical, legal and social implications of human genome research. No award amount was specified for this program. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) environment and c) health. Eligible Applicants: Special district governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal government more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued a funding opportunity announcement for the provision of long-term support to accomplished investigators with outstanding records of cancer research productivity. No award amount was specified for this program. The categories of funding activity are a) education an b) health. Eligible Applicants: Special district governments; Private institutions of higher education; State governments;  more ST