WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S.Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for invasive and noxious plant management in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Additional Information on Eligibility: State, local government, Native American tribal organizations; Institution of Higher Educati more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for cultural and paleontological resource management in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $250,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. The following types of entities are eligible to apply for award: State, local government; Native American tribal organiza more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for the preservation of cultural and paleontological resources in Colorado. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $150,000 with a ceiling of $75,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Eligible Applicants: Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Co more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation for the development of international guidelines for biosecurity ethics. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $125,000. The category of funding activity is science and technology and other research and development. Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purpose of this award is to develo more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the young transatlantic innovation leaders initiative professional fellows program. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $1,050,000. Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than insti more ST

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the establishment of a national center on restorative justice. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $3 million. The categories of funding activity are a) education, b) employment, labor and training, c) humanities, and d) information and statistics and e) law, justice and legal services. Eligible Applicants: Private institutio more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for the operation of a national center on parent, family and community engagement. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $5.9 million. The category of funding activity is income security and social services. Eligible Applicants: Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Small businesses, Co more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for the establishment and operation of a national center on forensics. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $2 million. The category of funding activity is science and technology and other research and development. Eligible Applicants: Individuals, State governments, City or township governments, Special district gover more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for recreation and visitors services in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $200,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. The following types of entities are eligible to apply for award under this FOA: State, local government; Native American tribal organiz more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award up to two cooperative agreements for operations support for national biocontainment laboratories at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and Boston University of Massachusetts. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $23 million with a ceiling of $11.5 million. Eligible Applicants: Public and State controlled institutions of more ST

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced that it expects to award up to four cooperative agreements for educational materials for professional organizations working on efficiency and renewable energy developments. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $4 million with a ceiling of $2,250,000. Eligible Applicants: City or township governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other tha more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for wildlife resource management in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $700,000. The category of funding activity is natural resources. Additional Information on Eligibility: State, local government, Native American tribal organizations; Institution of Higher Education; Indepen more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award cooperative agreements for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders developmental research projects. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $750,000 with a ceiling of $175,000. Eligible Applicants: County governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501( more ST

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $129,420 cooperative agreement to the Portland State University of Oregon for archeological overview and assessment of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in Alaska. The category of funding activity is humanities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "This project will produce Bering Land Bridge National Preserve's (BELA) first Archeological Overvi more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $256,050 cooperative agreement to the Portland State University of Oregon for a cultural documentation of stacked rock ceremonial features at the Crater Lake National Park. The category of funding activity is cultural resources. The funding opportunity number is P20AS00052 (CFDA 15.945). For more information, contact Jason Whitehead, 415/623-2254, Jason_Whitehead@nps.gov. more ST

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $275,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska Anchorage for the enhancement of student career development through park collections cataloging and preservation. The categories of funding activity are a) education and b) humanities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "National Park Service stewardship responsibilities include the preservati more ST

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $130,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the monitoring glacier change in Alaska national parks. The categories of funding activity are a) environment, b) information and statistics and c) natural resources. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "Project Goals: * To inventory the status (surface elevations, areas, and oth more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $122,410 cooperative agreement to the University of Washington for the evaluation of species' adaptive capacity in a changing climate. The category of funding activity is natural resources. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "Natural-resource managers face the pressing challenge of developing conservation plans that address complex ecological and so more ST

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $298,156 cooperative agreement to the University of Washington for the evaluation of drivers and effects of forest fires to inform climate-adaptive management responses. The category of funding activity is natural resources. The U.S. Geological Survey provided the following overview: "Forests west of the Cascade Crest in Oregon and Washington have been shaped by infrequent  more ST

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service announced that it intends to award a $600,000 cooperative agreement to the University of Wyoming, a member of the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, for acoustic monitoring of bats at the Niobrara National Scenic River in Nebraska; Missouri National Recreational River in Nebraska and South Dakota; Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota; and Badlands National Park, Jewel Cave National Monume more ST