WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to seven discretionary grants for the strengthening of the research, training and outreach capacity of the geographic management of cancer health disparities program. This funding opportunity uses the center core grants mechanism. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1,250,000 with a ceiling of $250,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award up to 30 cooperative agreements for the conservation of marine turtles. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.5 million with a ceiling of $80,000 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) environment, g) information and statistics, h) natural more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for supporting cancer centers. This funding opportunity uses the center core grants mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $125,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled ins more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service announced that it expects to award up to 211 discretionary grants for the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $13.7 million with a ceiling of $729,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) community development, b) disaster prevention and relief, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) food and nutrition, g) health and h) housing. The funding is open to st more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development in Philippines announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the advancement of basic education. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $38.5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments and organi more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for a national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network. This funding opportunity uses the clinical research cooperative agreements- single project mechanism. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million with a ceiling of $500,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The fundi more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- TheU.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $9,552 cooperative agreement to the American Samoa Community College for perpetuating Samoan traditions by teaching traditional practices. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00719 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Lilette Baltodano, 415/623-2251, Lilette_Baltodano@nps.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Corporation for National and Community Service announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for engaging AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) community development, b) disaster prevention and relief, c) education, d) employment, labor and training, e) environment, f) food and nutrition, g) health, h) housing and i) natural resources. The funding i more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the increase of the uptake of evidence-based screening in diverse adult populations. This funding opportunity uses the research project grant mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school d more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for scalable technologies and tools for brain cell census. This funding opportunity uses the research project grant mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) health and c) income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independen more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for specialized collaboratories that will adopt scalable technology platforms to accelerate progress towards establishing comprehensive molecular and anatomical reference cell atlases of human or non-human primate brains. This funding opportunity uses the research project-cooperative agreements mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was  more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $91,658 cooperative agreement to the Hispanic Access Foundation for community outreach and engagement internships. The agency description of the grant states: "The Recipient and the NPS share the goal of diversifying the cultural backgrounds of the people visiting and working for national parks in order to better reflect the American public. The Recipient and NPS will collaborate on outreach strategies to diverse populations more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $60,000 cooperative agreement to the Texas A&M University for Lower Keys Marsh rabbit post-hurricane assessment and recovery. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00377 (CFDA 15.657). For more information, contact Kerri Heywood, 404/679-4066, kerri_heywood@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $73,295 cooperative agreement to The Ocean Foundation for the monitoring and management of nesting sea turtles at the Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The funding opportunity number is F18AS00373 (CFDA 15.657). For more information, contact Kerri Heywood, 404/679-4066, kerri_heywood@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $499,999 cooperative agreement to the University of Hawaii for a front line training experience for youth in conservation. The funding opportunity number is P18AS00721 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Lilette Baltodano, 415/623-2251, Lilette_Baltodano@nps.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to four discretionary grants for Head Start services in Houston, Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $21,244,097. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city and township governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions of higher education more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Bienville, Jackson, Red River, Winn, Natchitoches and De Soto parishes, Louisiana. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5,291,530. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city and township governments; independent school districts; pr more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for Head Start services in Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties, Iowa. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6,085,125. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city and township governments; indepe more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for head start services in Benton, Carroll, Madison and Washington counties, Arkansas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6,966,875. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city and township governments; independent school districts; private, public and state more ST