Federal Grant Opportunities:
April 4, 2018

This summary is brought to you by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20).

If the grant for which you're applying accepts Congressional letters of support, please contact our office to find out how Rep. Tonko can support your request. Grant deadlines and guidelines may change. Please check with the awarding agency before applying.

Federal Funding Announcements:
This summary includes new or updated opportunities in the following areas. Please click on the topic below to view all grant announcements:

Recent Grant and Contract Awards:

Recipient	Amount	Granting Agency
Health Research, Inc.: NYS Department of Health Emerging Infections Program	$1,365,238	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Research, Inc.: Component B - Integrated HIV Surveillance and Prevention Program for the NYS Department of Health; Component B - High Impact Prevention and Surveillance Project (HIPS)	$3,491,123	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Health Research, Inc.: Tobacco Control Program	$2,286,696	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NYS Board of Elections: Help America Vote Act Election Security Grants	$19,483,647	U.S. Election Assistance Commission
	$1,499,553	Department of Energy
Sage Colleges: Research and Improve the Solar Disinfection Process where Plastic Bottles and Direct Sunlight are used to Sterilize Contaminated Drinking Water	$14,776	Environmental Protection Agency
SUNY Albany: Workshop - Doctoral Consortium at the ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2018)	$12,500	National Science Foundation
Union College: Aerogels - A Catalyst for Cleaner Air	$50,000	National Science Foundation - I-Corps
TOTAL	$28,203,533

Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

USDA Webinars Regarding the Community Connect Grant Program - The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will host webinars focused on the Community Connect Grant Program, April 5^th and April 10^th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT. These webinars will inform participants about the major eligibility and regulatory requirements of the program and will provide detailed guidance on how to submit a successful application. There will also be time for participants to ask the speakers specific questions about putting together an application.

On March 15^th, the Community Connect Grant Program's Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) was published in the Federal Register. A copy can be found here.

You can register for the April 5^th session here and the April 10^th session here. We recommend you do this registration early and run a system check to ensure quick access on the day of the webinar.

If the above registration link does not work, please copy and paste https://cc.readytalk.com/r/5pj6gcnhk5hb&eom into your browser for the April 5^th session or https://cc.readytalk.com/r/54s0o7ogdupz&eom for the April 10^th session.

Questions? Please contact the RUS at deborah.anderson@wdc.usda.gov or gayle.buckner@wdc.usda.gov or call (202) 720-0800 with any questions about these events.

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 3-30-2018 Edition is now available.

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 3-23-2018 Edition is now available.

This summary has been brought to you
by the Office of Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20).
Does one of these grants accept Congressional Letters of Support?
Please contact our office to find out how Rep. Tonko can support your request.

Grant deadlines and guidelines may change.
Please check with the awarding agency before applying.

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