WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to 12 cooperative agreements for the enhancement of private and public partnerships that support land protection and conservation across the Gulf Coast. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2.3 million with a ceiling of $500,000 for each award in the program. This funding opportunity is open to state and local governments; interstate agencies; Tribes; colleges and univers more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for supporting early and conceptual stages of exploratory and developmental research projects. This funding opportunity uses the exploratory/developmental research grant mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. This funding opportunity is open to state, county, city, township and special district gov more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it expects to award up to nine cooperative agreements for the Shared Beringian Heritage Program that aims to advance understanding and preservation of Beringia region's resources in Alaska and Russia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $400,000 with a ceiling of $225,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environme more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for supporting small research projects including pilot and feasibility studies, secondary analysis of existing data, development of research methodology and research technologies. This funding opportunity uses the small grant program mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $50,000. The agency said the grant was  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $25,000 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for resource management interns at the Pinnacles National Park in California. The Park Service provided the following overview: "This Task Agreement will support and provide experience and training opportunities for youth interns to work on a variety of resource management projects a more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $41,900 cooperative agreement to the American Conservation Experience of Flagstaff, Arizona, for vegetation management and monitoring activities at the Grand Canyon National Park. The agency description of the grant states: "The objective of this Task Agreement is to support and stimulate work and/or education and training opportunities for young adults through collaborative more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $34,000 grant to the Booth Society for the promotion, preservation and enhancement of educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities at the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery in Spearfish, South Dakota. The agency description of the grant states: "All activities will be related to conservation and management goals related to visitor services, voluntee more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $53,188 cooperative agreement to the Center for Natural Lands Management of Temecula, California, for grassland and habitat enhancement at the San Juan Islands National Historic Park in Friday Harbor, Washington. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00035 (CFDA 15.944). For more information, contact Susan Velie, 360/565-3114. more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $64,450 cooperative agreement to the Desert Research Institute of Las Vegas, Nevada, for evaporation station installations, data processing, and evaporation rate estimation at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area's Lake Powell in Utah. The agency description of the grant states: "In addition to providing a substantial amount of eddy-covariance equipment for the duration  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award up to 35 discretionary grants for geological and geophysical data preservation. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. This funding opportunity is open to state governments. The agency description of the grant states: "The National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP) was  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $99,947 cooperative agreement to the New Mexico State University for the collection of wildlife observation data in support of a citizen science program at the White Sands National Monument. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will allow baseline data to be obtained on wildlife species within the World's largest gypsum dune field at White Sands National more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $99,954 cooperative agreement to the New Mexico State University for the development of a soil crust identification guide for the White Sands National Monument. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will allow baseline data to be obtained on biological soil crusts within the World'ss Largest Gypsum Dune Field at White Sands National Monument in support of more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $99,868 cooperative agreement to the Northern Arizona University for bird monitoring surveys at the Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, and Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00032 (CFDA 15.945). more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $25,965 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for interpretation, education, volunteers and outreach interns at the Pinnacles National Park in California. The Park Service provided the following overview: "This Task Agreement will provide work and training opportunities for two interpretation and education youth interns, at Pin more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $95,000 cooperative agreement to the Trustees of Indiana University for the evaluation of geological hazards at the Bicycle Basin in California. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "The U.S. Army at Fort Irwin National Training Center (NTC) obtains all of its potable water supply from Irwin, Langford, and Bicycle Basins within the base boundaries. Gr more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $70,444 cooperative agreement to the University of California, Laboratory of Genetic Diversity, for a study to determine the reproductive success of hatchery versus wild steelhead. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00049 (CFDA 15.678). For more information, contact Connie Sauer, 503/872-2826, Connie_Sauer@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $249,765 cooperative agreement to the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the projection of near-term climate variability and change for the main Hawaiian Islands to provide actionable climate information to resource managers and decision makers. The funding opportunity number is USGS-18-FA-0021 (CFDA 15.820). For more information, contact Janet Ciciarelli, 703/648-7202, j more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to the University of South Dakota for the evaluation of post-flood sandbar succession and species biodiversity at the Missouri National Recreational River. The agency description of the grant states: "The objective of this Agreement is to combine scientific field work to assess current conditions and dynamics of riparian vegetation, sandbar geo more ST