WASHINGTON, March 2 -- 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 the conservation of rhinoceros and tigers. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1 million with a ceiling of $200,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to private, public and state controlled ins more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to 16 cooperative agreements for developmental projects that will envision, explore and advance aquaculture opportunities where a minimal foundation currently exists. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1.5 million with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment, b) natural resources and c) science and technol more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for summer research education that foster a better understanding of biomedical, behavioral and clinical research and its implications. This funding opportunity uses the education projects mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $100,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment and  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- 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 the health of women of understudied, underrepresented and underreported populations. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $140,000. 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 s more ST

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for research on ecological function and recovery of biological communities within sand shoal habitats within the Gulf of Mexico. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to a qualified recipient within the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosys more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to 13 cooperative agreements for addressing social, behavioral and economic research needs in aquaculture. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million with a ceiling of $250,000 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 t more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it expects to award up to 175 discretionary grants for the acquisition and development of lands and waters for outdoor recreation purposes. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $50 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, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for the establishment of collaborative programs to advance aquaculture. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $9 million with a ceiling of $1.2 million 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  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for water conservation in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $900,000 with a ceiling of $100,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with environment. The funding is open to states; Indian tribes; irrigation districts; water districts; more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 15 discretionary grants for the implementation of the Quagga and Zebra mussel action plan in Western U.S. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $960,000 with a ceiling of $600,000 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, county, city, to more ST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award $2 million grants to the Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force for the development of a state or interstate aquatic invasive species management plan. The funding opportunity number is F19AS00117 (CFDA 15.608). For more information, contact Stephanie Long, 703/358-1749, Stephanie_A_Long@fws.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $78,000 cooperative agreement to the City of Racine, Wisconsin, for the evaluation of restoration success for shoreline projects to reduce nearshore microbial contamination. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "The USGS Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station will collaborate with the City of Racine to establish historic t more ST

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $48,000 cooperative agreement to the Trout Unlimited of Wenatchee, Washington, for assisting with fisheries work at the Mid-Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office. The agency description of the grant states: "The recipient will provide a range of assignments associated with data collection in support of biologists responsible for conserving and aquatic s more ST