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. 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. 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