WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Utilities Programs announced that it intends to award up to 17 discretionary grants for technical assistance and training to identify and evaluate solutions to water and waste disposal problems. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $20 million. This funding opportunity is open to private nonprofit organizations with tax exempt status, designated by the Internal Revenue Service that is operated primarily for sc more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Utilities Programs announced that it intends to award up to 33 discretionary grants for technical assistance and training on solid waste management. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4 million with a ceiling of $1 million for each award in the program. This funding opportunity is open to private, non-profit organization that has tax-exempt status from the IRS. The agency description of the grant states: more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for the Nancy Foster Scholarship Program that provides support for master's and doctoral degrees in oceanography, marine biology, maritime archaeology and all other disciplines involving ocean and coastal areas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000 with a ceiling of $42,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associa more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service announced that it intends to award up to 20 discretionary grants for the prevention, eradication and control of invasive plant species to promote watershed stability and biological diversity in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $40,000 for each award in the program. The agency said more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $50,000 cooperative agreement to the University of New Mexico for law research assistants to support Reclamation's water operations, project management, contracting and water acquisitions staff. The agency description of the grant states: "Funds under this award are to be used to support two programs : 1) Implementation of the December 2016 Final Biological and Conference  more ST