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. 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