WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced that it expects to award grants for the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program. The agency description of the grant states: "Beginning farmer education for adult and young audiences in the United States can generally be traced back to the advent of the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land-Grant Acts. But, for the first time, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub .L. No more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced that it expects to award grants for the Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program. The agency description of the grant states: "NIFA requests pre-applications for the ECDRE program for fiscal year 2021 to address priorities identified by the Citrus Disease Sub-committee (CDS) of the National Agricultural Research, Education, Extension and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Boa more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a grant or cooperative agreement for the Women's Economic Empowerment Mentorship Program. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "The U.S. Embassy in Australia announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a mentorship program designed to empower, inspire, and upskill up-and-coming Australian women entrepreneurs and improve understanding about t more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced that it expects to award grants for the Organic Transitions Program. The agency description of the grant states: "The overall goal of the Organic Transitions Program (ORG) is to support the development and implementation of research, extension and higher education programs to improve the competitiveness of organic livestock and crop producers, as well as those who are adopting organi more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for countermeasures against chemical threats research centers of excellence. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The mission of the CounterACT program is to foster and support research and development of new and improved therapeutics for chemical threats. Chemical threats are toxic chemicals that could be used  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for educational technologies to improve results for children with disabilities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purposes of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program are to improve results for children with disabilities by: (1) promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for training and technical assistance on the development and implementation of national standards for children's advocacy centers. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Across the country, CACs provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for high risk multi-center clinical studies. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "NIDDK supports investigator-initiated, high-risk multi-center (more than one center) clinical studies through a two-part process that may include an implementation planning cooperative agreement (U34). The U34 is designed to: 1) P more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the Federal Justice Statistics Program. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) at the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) compiles statistical information on defendants processed across stages of the federal criminal justice system. Under this program, administrative data are receiv more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for the development of medication to treat substance use disorders. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this award is to support outstanding basic and/or clinical researchers with the vision and expertise to translate research discoveries into medications for the treatment of Substance Use Di more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for the enhancement of effective interventions in child abuse cases. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "CACs provide a coordinated response to child abuse victims through multidisciplinary teams composed of representatives from the statutorily mandated and other agencies involved in the intervent more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for the improvement of chronic kidney disease surveillance system. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This award will build upon the previous CKD surveillance work to continue supporting, updating, and improving the CKD Surveillance System with relevant data sources and indicators and up- more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 12 cooperative agreements to centers for research on health promotion and disease prevention. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will provide supplemental funding to Prevention Research Centers (PRCs), currently funded under CDC RFA-DP-19-001; to conduct Special Interest Pr more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention announced that it expects to award up to 11 cooperative agreements for the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This program will support the efforts of states, communities, tribal jurisdictions, nonprofit organizations, for-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education to implement programs and strategies that identify, more ST