WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for research on dietary supplements. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrition, d) health and e) income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; i more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it expects to award up to six discretionary grants for research to identify, track, understand or predict trends and variability in the Gulf of Mexico's living coastal and marine resources in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $15 million with a ceiling of $7.5 million for each award in the program. Th more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for the Tribal Clean Diesel Program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million with a ceiling of $800,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The agency description of the grant states: "EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is soliciting proposals nationwide for project more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the quantification of cover cropping benefits of three-year cotton and peanut rotation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) science and technology and other research and development. The funding is more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the Lower Mekong Initiative. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $300,000 with a ceiling of $50,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) business and commerce, c) community development, d) education, e) employment, labor and training, f) energy, g) environment, h) health, i) natural resources, j) region more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it expects to award up to 150 discretionary grants for the acquisition and development of lands and waters for outdoor recreation purposes. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $45 million with a ceiling of $2.5 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) natural resources. The funding is open to state governments more ST

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the recovery and handling of mercury from contaminated tailings and riverbeds. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $450,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to U.S. non-profit or nongovernmental organizations subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a program on international transboundary water cooperation. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $496,000. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to U.S. non-profit or nongovernmental organizations subject to section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. tax code; forei more ST

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the construction, renovation and maintenance of boating infrastructure facilities for transient recreational vessels at least 26 ft. long that are operated, leased, rented, or chartered primarily for pleasure. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million with a ceiling of $200,000. The agency said the grant was associat more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for innovative designs for large power transformer that are more flexible and adaptable. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $7.5 million with a ceiling of $1.5 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) community development, b) energy, c) environment and d) science a more ST

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the construction, renovation and maintenance of transient recreational vessels that are operated, leased, rented, or chartered primarily for pleasure. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8 million with a ceiling of $1.5 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) community deve more ST

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $210,000 grant to the Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the assessment of population, reproductive, and health impairments in colonial waterbirds. The agency description of the grant states: "This program will provide assistance to an institution to investigate and monitor of the effects of environmental contaminants on the breeding population numbers, rep more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $63,350 cooperative agreement to the Cornerstones Community Partnerships of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the repair and preservation of Frijole Ranch House at the Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00324 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Katie Gaertner, Katie_Gaertner@nps.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a Broad Agency Announcement for special projects and programs associated with the Minority Business Development Agency's strategic plans and mission goals. The funding opportunity number is MBDA-OBD-2018-2005687 (CFDA 11.802). It was posted on June 11. For more information, contact Nakita Chambers, 202/482-0065, nchambers@mbda.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for validation studies of analytical methods for dietary supplement constituents. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrition and d) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independ more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $44,000 cooperative agreement to the Qayassiq Walrus Commission of Alaska for the co-management of subsistence use of the Pacific walrus. The agency description of the grant states: "This will be accomplished by the Service and QWC working together to address conservation and management needs of Pacific walrus in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Section 119 of the Marine Mammal P more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $80,000 cooperative agreement to the Rio Grande Return of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for national wildlife refuge system enhancements. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00168 (CFDa 15.654). For more information, contact Michelle L. Willcox, 505/248-7486, michelle_willcox@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $70,000 cooperative agreement to the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry for research and planning for the newly established population of piping plovers in the eastern Great Lakes Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "This award will involve assisting the USFWS East Lansing Field Office with pending data analyses f more ST

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $60,000 cooperative agreement to the Teton County Weed and Pest District of Jackson, Wyoming, for weed management at the Grand Teton National Park. The agency description of the grant states: "The principal objective of this agreement is to facilitate effective, coordinated noxious weed control across jurisdictional boundaries. The goal of this agreement is to provide holistic more ST

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $300,000 cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy of Arlington, Virginia, for conservation stewardship at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. The agency description of the grant states: "The objective of this project is to create a stewardship partnership with a nationally recognized conservation organization to improve habitat within the Cuyahoga River Watershed more ST

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $135,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Minnesota and SharedGeo for the monitoring and mapping of changes using remote sensing technologies across the Great Lake Basin. The agency description of the grant states: "The University of Minnesota holds the satellite imagery and algorithms being used in this project through a unique federal partnership which wou more ST