WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice announced that it expects to award up to five grants for research on the impact of public policy on racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system. The agency description of the grant states: "The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between l more ST

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime announced that it expects to award up to six grants for projects to address female genital mutilation and cutting. The agency description of the grant states: "The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community. Thi more ST

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for assistance to high energy cost communities. The agency description of the grant states: "The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces the availability of up to $10 million in competitive grants to assist communities with extremely high energy costs. The grant funds may be used to acquire, construct, or improve energy gener more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award grants for human milk research. The agency description of the grant states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement(FOA) invites grant applications that address priority gaps in our understanding of human milk as a biological system and that expand our understanding of the myriad factors influencing the composition and function of human milk using a systems biol more ST

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime announced that it expects to award up to five grants for emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance. The agency description of the grant states: "The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enforcement and the community.  more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for heart, lung, blood and sleep research investigators. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the NHLBI Emerging Investigator Award (EIA) is to promote scientific productivity and innovation by providing long-term support and increased flexibility to experienced Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) who are cu more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for heart, lung and blood diseases research investigators. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of the NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) is to promote scientific productivity and innovation by providing long-term support and increased flexibility to experienced Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) who a more ST

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for mobile health solutions to rectify digital inequality in communities affected by drug addiction. The agency description of the grant states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Innovation Research (S more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service announced that it expects to award up to 20 grants for forest restoration in Great Lakes Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will support projects in the Great Lakes basin that implement the following strategic, priority actions: * Mitigate Forest Insect and Disease Impacts-Implement targeted reforestation and forest protection actions to minimize inv more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the screening and functional validation of human birth defects genomic variants. The agency description of the grant states: "Rapid advances in genotyping and next generation sequencing technologies have led to the identification of genetic variants that are associated with a wide variety of congenital defects including structural birth defects (SBD more ST

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award grants for support for independent media in Tajikistan. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce funding is available through the Embassy's Democracy Commission Small Grants Program. This program supports the development of Tajikistan's democratic institutions and civil society by competitively awar more ST

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs announced that it expects to award a grant for economic diversification and access to finance in Bahrain. The agency description of the grant states: "The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) invites applications that foster entrepreneurial and startup activity and accelerate economic diversification in Bahrain. The funding supports proposals that assist businesses in shiftin more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration announced that it expects to award up to five grants for the development of innovative pathogen reduction technologies for whole blood and blood components to prevent transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8 million with a ceiling of $4 million. The categories of funding activity are a) agriculture, b) consumer protection and c) fo more ST

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the establishment and operation of a national center on forensics. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between law enfo more ST

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the promotion of social and institutional reforms that grant greater access to resources for victims of gender-based violence and people with disabilities in Tunisia. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Applications will be accepted only from organizations that have previously operated in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA)  more ST

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for promotion of favorable social and institutional reforms that grant greater access to resources for victims of gender-based violence and people with disabilities in Tunisia. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Applications will be accepted only from organizations that have previously operated in the Middle East & North Africa ( more ST

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for services to support victims of hate crime and strengthen communities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The Department of Justice is committed to advancing work that promotes civil rights, increases access to justice, supports crime victims, protects the public from crime and evolving threats, and builds trust between more ST