WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for marine education and training. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $15,000 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. The funding is open to indivi more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for clinical projects that address critical needs for clinical trial readiness in Down Syndrome. This funding opportunity uses the exploratory/developmental research grant mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) health and d) inc more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 20 cooperative agreements for wetland and associated upland habitat restoration and enhancement projects for conservation of native Great Lakes fish and wildlife populations. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $550,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for the development and implementation of Conowingo Watershed Implementation Plan in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $8.1 million with a ceiling of $1 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment.  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 15 cooperative agreements for the promotion of public awareness and implementation of Farm Bill activities including conservation outreach workshops, conferences, and training that will help educate Missouri's farm community. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $800,000 with a ceiling of $200,000 for each award in the program. The agen more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for clinical trials development for co-occurring conditions in individuals with Down Syndrome. This funding opportunity uses the exploratory/developmental phased innovation award mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) health and d) income s more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for Down Syndrome research. 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) environment, c) health and d) income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $43,998 cooperative agreement to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for addressing the expanded demand for living shorelines. The agency description of the grant states: "The Recipient will work with community and student volunteers to restore 850 linear feet and 4 acres of oyster reef and estuarine shoreline around Bogue Sound in Carteret County. The existing shoreline  more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $1,045,928 cooperative agreement to The Nature Conservancy of Arlington, Virginia, for the management of the Columbia and remnant dam removal project in New Jersey. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00087 (CFDA 15.658). For more information, contact Cara Collins, 404/679-4064, Cara_Collins@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- 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 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the vaccination of the relict leopard frog. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00092 (CFDA 15.678). For more information, contact Mark Fabes, 775/861-6389, mark_fabes@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $84,999 cooperative agreement to the University of New Mexico for value of information impact assessment of the application of Landsat and other contemporary earth science data to forest risk management decisions. The funding opportunity number is USGS-19-FA-0048 (CFDA 15.808). For more information, contact Desiree Santa, 703/648-7382. more ST