WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for chronic kidney disease research. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this Limited Competition is to extend the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study by continuing to support Clinical Centers that have previously enrolled and followed study participants. The CRIC Study is a multi-cent more ST

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for applied science projects on coal mining and reclamation. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is requesting Applied Science proposals for projects that develop and demonstrate impr more ST