WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for support for cancer centers. The agency description of the grant states: "This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for P30 Cancer Center Support Grants (CCSGs) to support NCI-designated Cancer Centers. CCSGs support three types of Cancer Centers: 1) Comprehensive Cancer Centers, which demonstrate reasonable depth and breadth more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award up to 40 grants for the launching of early-career academic pathways in mathematical and physical sciences. The agency description of the grant states: "The Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (LEAPS-MPS) call has an emphasis to help launch the careers of pre-tenure faculty in Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) fields at institutions that do not tradition more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a grant or cooperative agreement for public diplomacy programs in regional security, economic growth, social issues, and English teaching education in Japan. The agency description of the grant/cooperative agreement states: "The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo's Public Affairs Section (PAS Tokyo) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that we are considering proposals for our Public Diplomacy Grants Pro more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award up to 25 grants for research on biological systems. The agency description of the grant states: "The Macrosystems Biology and NEON-Enabled Science (MSB-NES): Research on Biological Systems at Regional to Continental Scales program will support quantitative, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented research on biosphere processes and their complex interactions with climate, land use, and changes in species distr more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award grants for the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes Program. The agency description of the grant states: "Artificial Intelligence (AI) has advanced tremendously and today promises personalized healthcare; enhanced national security; improved transportation; and more effective education, to name just a few benefits. Increased computing power, the availability of large datasets and streaming  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award up to 12 grants for research to address challenges in biodiversity science. The agency description of the grant states: "The Biodiversity on a Changing Planet program is a cross directorate and international program led by NSF that invites submission of interdisciplinary proposals addressing grand challenges in biodiversity science within the context of unprecedented environmental change. Environmental cha more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for neuromodulation/neurostimulation device development for mental health applications. The agency description of the grant states: "Reissue of PAR-18-941. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage applications seeking to develop the next generation of brain stimulation devices for treating mental health disorders. Ap more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award up to 25 grants for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Community Research Infrastructure Program. The agency description of the grant states: "The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Community Research Infrastructure (CCRI) program drives discovery and learning in the core CISE disciplines of the three participating divisions [Computing and Communication Foundations (C more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it expects to award grants for conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. The agency description of the grant states: "Save America's Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and re more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it expects to award grants for the preservation of historic properties and collections. The agency description of the grant states: "Save America's Treasures grants from the Historic Preservation Fund provide preservation and/or conservation assistance to nationally significant historic properties and collections. Grants are awarded through a competitive process and require a dollar-for-dollar, non more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration announced that it expects to award up to 10 grants for the improvement of the coordination of transportation services for underserved groups. The agency description of the grant states: "The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announces the opportunity to apply for $3.5 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 competitive grant funding to support transit services for 2021 Innovative Coordinated Access and Mob more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service announced that it expects to award up to 40 grants for solid waste management. The agency description of the grant states: "Funds may be used to evaluate current landfill conditions to determine threats to water resources; provide technical assistance and/or training to enhance operator skills in the operation and maintenance of active landfills; provide technical assistance and/or training to help communities r more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award up to 16 grants for research and mentoring for post-baccalaureates in biological sciences. The agency description of the grant states: "The Research and Mentoring for Post-baccalaureates (RaMP) in Biological Sciences program invites the submission of proposals to establish networks to support full-time research, mentoring, and training for recent college graduates who have had few or no research or trainin more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service announced that it expects to award up to 35 grants for technical assistance and training to identify solutions to water problems. The agency description of the grant states: "Funds may be used to pay expenses associated with providing technical assistance and/or training (TAT) to: Identify and evaluate solutions to water problems relating to source, storage, treatment, or distribution; identify and evaluate solu more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a grant for Alzheimer's disease research The agency description of the grant states: "There is consensus that environmental toxicants are a risk factor for AD/ADRD, but causality has been largely elusive. While human studies demonstrating an association of AD/ADRD with toxicant exposures are relatively abundant, there is a clear unmet need for more mechanisti more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The National Science Foundation announced that it expects to award a grant for the Principles and Practice of Scalable Systems Program. The agency description of the grant states: "A key focus of the design of modern computing systems is performance and scalability, particularly in light of the limits of Moore's Law and Dennard scaling. To this end, systems are increasingly being implemented by composing heterogeneous computing components and continually changing memory s more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation announced that it expects to award up to four grants for global biological threat reduction and border security. The agency description of the grant states: "ISN/NDF's program on global biological threat reduction and improving border security to prevent the proliferation of high consequence pathogens seeks to strengthen the ability of foreign entities in the human and animal health, law  more ST