WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance announced that it expects to award up to 64 discretionary grants for the prevention and reduction of school violence. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $22 million with a ceiling of 1 million for each a ward in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) disaster prevention and relief, b) education, c) humanities, d) information and statistics, e) law, justice and legal services and f) science and technology and other more ST

WASHINGTON, April 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 education experiences to enhance diversity in the next generation of substance abuse and addiction scientists. This funding opportunity uses the education projects mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $250,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education and b) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special more ST

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for secondary analysis and archiving of Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative data. This funding opportunity uses the research project grant mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $300,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) health and c) income security and social services. The funding is open to st more ST

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the operation of a national training and technical assistance center to improve law enforcement-based responses to people with mental health disorders and intellectual and developmental disabilities. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5 million. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) employment, labor and training, c) health, d) humanities and e) in more ST

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for career development of junior faculty members in women's health research. This funding opportunity uses the Physician Scientist Award Program mechanism. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $600,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment and c) health. The funding is open to state, county, city, township and special district governm more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $68,739 cooperative agreement to the Environmental Leaning for Kids of Denver, Colorado, for the promotion of fishing, outdoor recreation, and career development. The agency description of the grant states: "This project will increase awareness of, and access to, fishing, camping, archery, and other outdoor recreation opportunities for more than 4,000 youth and their families throughout the Denver metropolitan area. It will  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the acceleration of the development of cancer-relevant technologies toward commercialization. This funding opportunity uses the small business innovation research grant- phase two 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 small businesses. The agency description of th more ST

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $20,000 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for the maintenance of the Portage Creek Trail at the Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The agency description of the grant states: "Trail crew will receive education and training opportunities through collaborative participation in trail maintenance projects in Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. Youth participating more ST

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $32,705 cooperative agreement to the Student Conservation Association of Arlington, Virginia, for sled dog kennel interns that will serve in the areas of interpretation, visitor services and community outreach and education at the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The funding opportunity number is P19AS00100 (CFDA 15.931). For more information, contact Erica Cordeiro, 907/644-3315, Erica_Cordeiro@nps.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $25,000 cooperative agreement to the Transforming Youth Outdoors of Bainbridge Island, Washington, for the building and development of a new website focused on curating and disseminating environmental and conservation historical resources to students, educators, historians and conservation organizations and enthusiasts. The agency description of the grant states: "The development of this new site will compliment and more ST