WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for the conservation of marine mammals utilized for subsistence purposes by Alaska Natives. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.6 million with a ceiling of $800,000 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 more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for countermeasures against chemical threats research centers of excellence. This funding opportunity uses the specialized center- cooperative agreements mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $2.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) health and d) income securit more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for the development and adoption of innovative agricultural conservation approaches and technologies in Oregon. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $225,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. Th more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for the modernization and improvement of the national spatial reference system in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million. 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 more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to six discretionary grants for the development and adoption of agricultural innovative conservation approaches and technologies in California. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $375,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural reso more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it intends to award up to six discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $450,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) sc more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for the Sustainable Materials Management Program for New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $50,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "Sustainable materials management (SMM) is a systemic approach to using and reusing mate more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for geospatial analysis support for the implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed agreement's goals and outcomes in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7.2 million with a ceiling of $3.9 million for each award in the program. The agency descriptio more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Department of Defense announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for wildlife technician support in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $86,727. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. This funding opportunity is open to members of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units. The agency description of the grant states: "Personnel will assist in the collection of data on fish and wildlife more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for an individual predoctoral fellowship to promote diversity in health-related research. This funding opportunity uses the predoctoral individual national research service grant award mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrit more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it intends to award a discretionary grant for administrative supplements to support research highlighting the impact of gender influences in human health and illness, including basic, preclinical, clinical, translational, and behavioral studies. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $4 million cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for a conservation program to introduce youth to natural resource careers. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) intends to award funds to the Student Conservation Association (SCA) for a period not to exceed five years. Th more ST