Federal Grant Opportunities:
March 6, 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:

  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

Fulmont Community Action Agency: Head Start Program

$1,189,508

HHS Administration for Children and Families

Health Research, Inc./ NYS Department of Health: Networked Projects in Cell and Molecular Biology at the Wadsworth Center

$95,190

National Science Foundation - REU Site

NYS Department of Health: Maternal and Child Health Services

$6,493,577

HHS Health Resources and Services Administration

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: NISC SI2-S2I2 Conceptualization of CFDSI - Model, Data, and Analysis Integration for End-to-End Support of Fluid Dynamics Discovery and Innovation

$65,000

National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research

SUNY Albany: Emergence of Social Complexity

$25,175

National Science Foundation - Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award

SUNY Albany: P2C2-Reconstructing South American Monsoon Sensitivity to Internal and External Forcing - Reconciling Models and Tree-ring Proxies in the Central Andes

$231,438

National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research

SUNY Albany: Ventilation Processes and Effects on Tropical Cyclones

$139,740

National Science Foundation

TOTAL

$8,239,628

 

FCC Connect America Fund (CAF) / New NY Broadband Program funding to address High-speed Internet Upgrades

https://nysbroadband.ny.gov/new-ny-broadband-program/phase-3-awards

 

Recipient

Amount

# of Locations/Units

City of Albany

$174,592

228

 

City of Amsterdam

$225

1

 

City of Cohoes

$41,004

11

 

City of Rensselaer

$4,078

1

 

City of Troy

$225

1

 

Fairpoint Communications

$4,066,472

407

 

Gtel Teleconnections

$2,110,721

279

 

Hudson Valley Wireless

$3,405,021

990

 

Hughes Network Systems, LLC

$29,063,600

75,638

 

Mid-Hudson Data Corp.

$6,404,876

2,438

 

Middleburgh Telephone Company (MIDTEL)

$2,897,635

291

 

MTC Cable

$11,244,316

1,659

 

Town of Berne

$1,854,997

524

 

Town of Bethlehem

$33,079

43

 

Town of Charleston

$239,987

365

 

Town of Charlton

$6,361

16

 

Town of Clifton Park

$25,200

112

 

Town of Coeymans

$194,230

221

 

Town of Colonie

$1,296,060

469

 

Town of Duanesburg

$2,666,049

328

 

Town of East Greenbush

$44,856

11

 

Town of Florida

$60,929

111

 

Town of Glen

$12,489

40

 

Town of Glenville

$900

4

 

Town of Guilderland

$3,825

17

 

Town of Halfmoon

$225

1

 

Town of Knox

$153,029

120

 

Town of Malta

$9,028

23

 

Town of Mohawk

$15,019

59

 

Town of Nassau

$2,382

3

 

Town of New Scotland

$120,977

335

 

Town of North Greenbush

$225

1

 

Town of Princetown

$306,479

94

 

Town of Rensselaerville

$1,340,013

431

 

Town of Rotterdam

$109,520

74

 

Town of Schodack

$44,654

54

 

Town of Stillwater

$124,536

88

 

Town of Waterford

$9,989

26

 

Town of Westerlo

$839,069

1,156

 

Verizon Communications

$148,693,550

18,314

 

Village of Green Island

$900

4

 

Village of Menands

$1,800

8

 

Village of Voorheesville

$225

1

 

Village of Waterford

$450

2

 

TOTAL

$217,623,797

 

 




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Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

 

New York Job Development Authority Agriculture Loan Fund Program - The New York Job Development Authority (JDA) will launch an Agriculture Loan Fund Program to address and help alleviate the economic barriers faced by many New York State small agribusiness owners. JDA has provided $10 million in funding, which will be distributed as low interest loans by third party lenders. Approved lenders include:

  • Statewide - New York Business Development Corporation
  • Western New York - Southern Tier Enterprise Development Organization, Inc. 
  • Finger Lakes - Pathstone Enterprise Development Corporation 
  • Southern Tier - Delaware County Local Development Corporation & REDEC Relending Corporation 
  • Mid-Hudson - Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation 
  • Mohawk Valley - Mohawk Valley Rehabilitation Corporation
  • North Country - Development Authority of the North Country 

Applicants should contact lenders directly. To find out more about the JDA Agriculture Loan Program, contact Rafael Salaberrios, Vice President of Economic Revitalization, at 212-803-3219. 

 

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 3-2-2018 Edition is now available.

 

The Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices, NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, 2-23-2018 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.

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