WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to eight discretionary grants for the Urban Conservation Project to establish community and school gardens across Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $13,500 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) food and nutrition and d) natu more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award up to 10 discretionary grants for technical assistance to Native American tribes. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. This funding opportunity is open to Native American tribal governments and organizations in 17 Western states identified in the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902. The  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to nine cooperative agreements for training and technical assistance to improve water quality. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $25.4 million with a ceiling of $16 million for each award in the program. This funding opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations, nonprofit private universities and colleges and public institutions of higher education. The agency desc more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it intends to award up to 16 discretionary grants for environmental workforce development and job training programs for unemployed residents to secure full-time employment in the environmental field. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million with a ceiling of $200,000 for each award in the program. The funding opportunity number is EPA-OLEM-OBLR-17-10 (CFDA 66.815). It was posted on Oct. 1 more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of State's U.S. Mission to Japan announced that it intends to award up to three discretionary grants for public diplomacy programs. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3,000 with a ceiling of $1,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) arts, b) education, c) energy, d) environment, e) food and nutrition, f) information and statistics and g) law, justice and legal services. This fun more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the Pacific Northwest bay-watershed education and training program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $450,000 with a ceiling of $60,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technology and other research and development. This funding opportunity is open t more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard announced that it expects to award up to 30 cooperative agreements for the National Recreational Boating Safety Program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,134,493. This funding opportunity is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The funding opportunity number is DHS-USCG-2018-001 (CFDA 97.012). It was posted on Oct. 24 with an application closing date of J more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the enhancement of tribal participation in E-Enterprise. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $500,000. This funding opportunity is open to states and local governments; territories and possessions; foreign governments; international organizations; Indian Tribes; interstate organizations; intrastate organizations; possessions of the U.S., including more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for a national outreach and communication program for sport fishing and boating. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $59 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment and c) natural resources. This funding opportunity is open to state, county, city, township and special d more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it intends to award up to two discretionary grants for environmental regulatory enhancement. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $600,000 with a ceiling of $300,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. This funding opportunity is open to Native American tribal gove more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service announced that it intends to award up to 28 discretionary grants for the expansion and acceleration of wood energy and wood products markets throughout to support forest management needs on National Forest System and other forest lands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7 million with a ceiling of $250,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with natura more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $289,876 cooperative agreement to the Desert Research Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada, for evaporation studies at the Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah. The agency description of the grant states: "In addition to providing a substantial amount of eddy-covariance equipment for the duration of the project, the DRI will be manufacturing and installing all equipment over the water  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for the Innovation Corps Program that is focused on educating researchers and technologists on how to translate technologies from the lab into the marketplace. This funding opportunity uses the administrative supplement mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) educat more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 50 cooperative agreements for the use of cooperative agriculture in the National Wildlife Refuge System. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture and b) natural resources. This funding opportunity is open to small businesses and individuals. The agency description of the grant states: "The more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $60,000 cooperative agreement to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority of California for habitat restoration at the Peter Strauss Ranch. The agency description of the grant states: "This is a cooperative project between the National Park Service (NPS) and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), working in partnership with Community Nature Co more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $95,121 cooperative agreement to the Northwest Youth Corps of Eugene, Oregon, for the improvement of landscape and wildlife viewing opportunities through vegetation management at the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. The Park Service provided the following overview: "For this project, the National Park Service (NPS) will partner with a youth organi more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $341,631 grant to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission of Portland, Oregon, for coded wire tagging at the Trinity River Hatchery in Lewiston, California. The agency description of the grant states: "The purpose of this project is the Coded Wire Tagging (CWT) program in the greater Pacific region of North America continues to be one of the most important tools for s more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the Regents of the University of Michigan for the research to identify factors driving clostridium botulinum activities at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore coastal ecosystems. The agency description of the grant states: "Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE) has suffered from repeated outbreaks of type E botulism since 2006 more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $37,515 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for an interpretation internship at the Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso, Texas. The agency description of the grant states: "As a specific type of SCA Conservation Intern, this Interpretation Internship will provide a direct benefit to the public by creating opportunities for  more ST