WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research announced that it expects to award up to 10 discretionary grants for research on Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS. The funding opportunity number is SFOP0005636 (CFDA 19.300). It was posted on March 12 with an application closing date of May 10. more ST

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 25 cooperative agreements for the enhancement of natural resource conservation in Louisiana. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million with a ceiling of $1.1 million for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) science and technology and other research and development. The funding is open more ST

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to eight discretionary grants for feasibility and planning studies for development of specialized programs of research excellence to investigate cancer health disparities. This funding opportunity uses the exploratory grants mechanism. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5.2 million with a ceiling of $800,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated more ST

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to six discretionary grants for the building of a research infrastructure center to promote external collaboration with the medical rehabilitation community. This funding opportunity uses the resource-related research multi-component projects and centers mechanism. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $6,950,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) health more ST

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of State announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for a project focused on promoting U.S. higher education opportunities for high-achieving, financially disadvantaged South African students. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $90,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to public and state controlled institutions of higher education; non-profits; and non-profits having a 501(c)3 status with the IRS. The funding oppor more ST

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to 3,900 mandatory grants for addressing the unique needs of rural school districts. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $90,420,000. The agency said the grant was associated with education. The funding is open to city, county or township governments and local education agencies. The funding opportunity number is ED-GRANTS-022019-001 (CFDA 84.358). It was posted on March 12 with an application closing date of April 26. For m more ST

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- 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 bioethical issues. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) food and nutrition c) health and d) income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governments; independent school districts; private, public and state controlled institutions o more ST