WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to 12 cooperative agreements for soil science research. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $1,920,000 with a ceiling of $300,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to institutions of higher education in the Cooperative E more ST

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to three discretionary grants for the development and adoption of innovative conservation approaches and technologies in Montana. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $225,000 with a ceiling of $75,000 for each award in the program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment, c) natural resources and d) sci more ST

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it expects to award up to 50 discretionary grants for North American wetlands conservation. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $50 million with a ceiling of $1 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, county, city, township and special district governmen more ST

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that it expects to award up to seven cooperative agreements for the increase of conservation technology transfer in Pacific Islands area. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $900,000. The agency said the grant was associated with a) agriculture, b) environment and c) natural resources. The funding is open to state and local governments; non- governmental organiza more ST

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it intends to award a $275,000 cooperative agreement to the East Bay Regional Park District of California for the construction of the north shore fishing dock. The funding opportunity number is BOR-MP-19-N002 (CFDA 15.524). For more information, contact Crystal Oliver, coliver@usbr.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for the development of advanced technology training products for the health and safety training of HAZMAT workers. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) environment and b) health. The funding is open to small businesses. The agency description of the grant states: "This Funding O more ST

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to five discretionary grants for the Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program. This funding opportunity uses the intramural clinical research scholar transition award mechanism. No award amount was specified for this program. The agency said the grant was associated with a) education, b) environment, c) food and nutrition, d) health and e) income security  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it intends to award a $41,000 cooperative agreement to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for wetland restoration. The agency description of the grant states: "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IADNR) have a signed Memorandum of Understanding for the management of the Iowa Wetland Management District Waterfowl Production Areas (WPAs). T more ST

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award $1 million cooperative agreements to the Louisiana State University for the investigation of an Ancient Bald Cypress forest in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The agency description of the grant states: "This Program Announcement provides the vehicle for Louisiana State University (LSU) to submit proposals with matching funds to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM more ST

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced that it intends to award a $125,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, for ecosystem research in topics that serve the public interest in the safe and environmentally sound energy development on the nations outer continental shelf. The agency description of the grant states: "The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) Section 1345 authorizes the use of cooperative more ST

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $1.2 million cooperative agreement to the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez for a research to understand the health and sustainability of U.S. coral reefs. The agency description of the grant states: "This effort has garnered significant attention and acknowledgement by the US Coral Reef Task Force and numerous US Federal, State, and Territorial agencies. During this time n more ST

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $1.2 million cooperative agreement to the University of Washington for the characterization of offshore quaternary deformation, fluid pathways, and sediment dynamics along the Cascadia Margin. The funding opportunity number is USGS-19-FAC-0131 (CFDA 15.808). For more information, contact Stewart N. Evans, 916/278-9334, sevans@usgs.gov. more ST