Federal Grant Opportunities - 4/5/16

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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:

  1. Agriculture, Food and Nutrition
  2. Arts and Culture
  3. Business, Jobs and Workforce Development
  4. Children, Youth, Families and Older Americans
  5. Community Development
  6. Crime Prevention, Justice and Public Safety
  7. Education
  8. Energy and Environment
  9. Health
  10. Housing and Homelessness
  11. Infrastructure and Transportation
  12. International Development
  13. Science and Technology

Recent Grant and Contract Awards:

Recipient

Amount

Granting Agency

DeWitt Clinton Hotel (Albany): Certified Rehabilitation Work on Historic Buildings, Federal Historic Tax Credits

$40,000,000

National Park Service

Fulmont Community Action Agency: Head Start

$2,337,814

HHS Office of Head Start

Health Research, Inc./ NYS Department of Health: Tobacco Control Program

$2,267,446

HHS National Center for Chronic Diseases Prevention and Health Promotion

NYS Office for the Aging: NYS Health Insurance Information Counseling and Assistance Program (SHIP)

$2,538,553

HHS Administration For Community Living

NYS Office of Emergency Management: Statewide emergency protective measures implemented as a direct result of FEMA-4085-DR-NY Hurricane Sandy

$5,933,734

FEMA

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Resolving the Controversy of REE Diffusion in Olivine

$16,200

National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research

Schenectady Community Action Program: Head Start

$1,532,736

HHS Office of Head Start

SUNY Polytechnic Institute: Automated Proof Construction and Verification for Attribute-based Cryptography

$174,860

National Science Foundation - CRII: SaTC

TOTAL

$54,801,343

 


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USDA Rural Development Housing Program Workshop – Thursday, April 7, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Lynch Literacy Academy in Amsterdam. This workshop will provide information on USDA Rural Development loans and loan guarantees to help low and moderate income persons purchase or build safe, affordable housing. USDA also offers fixed 1% interest rate loans for qualifying very low income homeowners to make repairs, improvements and/or accessibility modifications to their homes. Grants are also available to very low income homeowners who are at least 62 years of age and cannot repay a loan. Who should attend? Low- to moderate-income individuals or families interested in purchasing a home, very-low income homeowners in need of repair assistance or accessibility modification, realtors, lenders, housing advocates and community leaders. There is no charge for this workshop. Please call 843-3400 to register.

 
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