WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award grants for the Talent Search Program. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Talent Search Program is to identify qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds with potential for education at the postsecondary level and encourage them to complete secondary school and undertake postsecondary education. Talent Search projects publicize the availability of, and facilitate the more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention announced that it expects to award up to five grants for the reduction of risk for girls in juvenile justice system. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2,125,000 with a ceiling of $425,000. The category of funding activity is law, justice and legal services. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher ed more ST

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice announced that it expects to award up to six grants for research and evaluation on violence against women. The agency description of the grant states: "With this solicitation, NIJ seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to support the development of objective and independent knowledge and validated tools to reduce violence against women (VAW) (including violence against elderly women and A more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award a grant for a center for advancement and synthesis of open environmental data and sciences. The agency description of the grant states: "NSF seeks to establish a Center fueled by open and freely available biological and other environmental data to catalyze novel scientific questions in environmental biology through the use of data-intensive approaches, team science and research networks, and training in th more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to three grants for research on prevention of violence and violence related injury. The agency description of the grant states: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance our understanding about what  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to 2,000 grants for assistance to firefighters. The agency description of the grant states: "The AFG program provides financial assistance to help fire departments, nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Service (EMS) organizations and State Fire Training Academies (SFTA); for critically needed resources to protect the public; to train emergency personnel, and to  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for research to elucidate the mechanisms of HIV activity and interaction with substance use disorder. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this FOA is to attract data and computational scientists to propose novel ways to integrate data of different types and scales to allow new types of analysis. It is expected that with the de more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention announced that it expects to award grants for juvenile justice emergency planning. The agency description of the grant states: "This program provides funding to support implementation of the principles outlined in the Emergency Planning for Juvenile Justice Residential Facilities guide." The estimated total program funding available was cited as $450,000 with a ceiling of $150,000. The cat more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it expects to award up to two grants for support for investigators in conducting research related to preventing interpersonal violence impacting children and youth. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) Mentored Research Scientist Developmen more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice announced that it expects to award up to five grants for tribal-researcher capacity-building. The agency description of the grant states: "With this solicitation, NIJ seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that a more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture announced that it expects to award grants for the breeding, testing, and development of superior performing canola and industrial hemp varieties. The agency description of the grant states: "The Supplemental and Alternative Crops (SAC) Competitive Grants Program will support projects that lead to expanded adaptation and increased acres in the United States of canola grown for oil and industria more ST