WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award grants for programs to combat misinformation and disinformation in New Zealand. The agency description of the grant states: "As a Pacific nation, the United States has long been committed to working with partners in the region to ensure the dissemination of factual information that promotes human rights, the rule of law, free access to information, and freedom of the press. Working in concert with partners i more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration announced that it expects to award up to 150 grants or cooperative agreements for assistance in recovery from the coronavirus pandemic's negative impact on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "EDA's ARPA Tourism NOFO is designed to provide a wide-range of financial assistance to communities and regions to rebuild and stren more ST

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced that it expects to award up to four grants for electoral violence prevention monitoring in Kenya. The agency description of the grant states: "The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out projects to a) monitor, assess, and report on th more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to eight grants for the training of interpreters for deaf and blind individuals. The agency description of the grant states: "The Training of Interpreters for Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are DeafBlind program is designed to establish interpreter training programs or to provide financial assistance for ongoing interpreter programs to train a sufficient number of quali more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration announced that it expects to award up to 55 grants or cooperative agreements for projects to help regional economies recover from pandemic. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "Through this American Rescue Plan Act Build Back Better Regional Challenge Notice of Funding Opportunity (ARPA BBBRC NOFO), EDA aims to assist communities and regions impacted by the coronavirus pand more ST

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for the integration of imaging and fluid-based tumor monitoring in cancer therapy. The agency description of the grant states: "Through this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks research project (R01) grant applications describing projects that integrate imaging and fluid-based tumor monitoring (liquid biop more ST

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Library of Congress announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for support for contemporary cultural documentation. The agency description of the grant states: "Specifically, the Library of Congress seeks to award grants to support contemporary cultural documentation focusing on the culture and traditions of diverse, often underrepresented communities in the United States. These projects will result in archival collections preserved at the American Folklife Ce more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award a grant for the management of the operations of the National Ecological Observatory Network. The agency description of the grant states: "NSF solicits proposals to manage the operations and maintenance of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), an NSF-funded major facility project. NEON comprises terrestrial, aquatic, atmospheric, and remote sensing measurement infrastructure and cyberinfrastru more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Advocacy and Outreach announced that it expects to award up to 200 grants for outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The agency description of the grant states: "This notice announces the availability of funds for fiscal year (FY) 2021 and solicits applications from community-based and non-profit organizations, institutions of higher education, and Tribal entities to compete for financial ass more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for virtual higher education fairs for students and stakeholders in Saudi Arabia. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The U.S. Department of State's Mission to Saudi Arabia announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to conduct three virtual U.S. higher education fairs for students and other education stakeholde more ST

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for programs to accelerate social entrepreneurship in Ethiopia. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "ASE is interested in awarding grants to organizations with concrete, feasible and measurable approaches that can support the continued growth of the social entrepreneurship movement in Ethiopia with as many of the following elements: * A development of  more ST

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health has issued a funding opportunity announcement for career development in cancer research. The agency description of the funding opportunity announcement states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites grant applications for the Research Specialist Award (R50) in any area of NCI-funded cancer research. This FOA is specifically for core/shared resource/central scientific support scie more ST