Federal Grant Opportunities - Sept 20

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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
Albany International Airport: Security Enhancements	$1,123,784	Federal Aviation Administration
Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company: Operations and Safety	$52,389	FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
GE Global Research: Cyber-Attack Detection and Accommodation for the Energy Delivery System	$3,039,289	Department of Energy
GE Global Research: High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Nozzles for 65% Efficiency	$5,874,650	Department of Energy
Historic Cherry Hill: Reinstallation of Collections in Restored 1787 Historic Structure	$30,841	Institute of Museum and Library Services
NYS Community Action Association: Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) Program - Regional Performance and Innovation Consortium (RPIC)	$400,000	HHS Administration for Children and Families
NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets: Implementation of a Produce Safety Program	$358,528	HHS Food and Drug Administration
NYS Department of Economic Development: Embed NY MEP Personnel in NNMI Institutes	$1,000,000	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NYS Department of Education: Advanced Placement Test Fees Program	$2,666,444	Department of Education
NYS Department of Health: Continue Ongoing Immunization Program Activities	$2,589,595	HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NYS Department of Health: Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program	$76,314,752	HHS Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Acquisition of a Smart Sensor Web for Understanding Freshwater Ecosystems	$917,033	National Science Foundation - MRI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Charting the Structure of the Milky Way Stellar Halo and Disk	$349,978	National Science Foundation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Development of an Integrated Data System for the Geological Field Sciences	$138,165	National Science Foundation - EarthCube Data Infrastructure: Collaborative Proposal
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Nonlinear Interactions between Surface and Internal Gravity Waves in the Ocean	$366,156	National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research
Schenectady County Airport: Installation of a Wildlife Perimeter Fence	$427,500	Federal Aviation Administration
Schenectady Family Health Services: Health Center Cluster Supplemental	$61,259	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
Skidmore College: Fire Prevention Research	$1,467,062	FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
Speigletown Fire District (Troy): Operations and Safety	$19,334	FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
SUNY Research Foundation: Child Welfare Training - National Child Welfare Workforce Institute	$4,735,994	HHS Administration for Children and Families
SUNY Research Foundation: Partnership to Advance Cybersecurity Education and Training (PACET)	$197,085	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Union College: Enhancing Undergraduate Research Experiences Through Extragalactic Radio Astronomy	$215,316	National Science Foundation - Collaborative Research
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Community Health Center: Health Center Cluster Supplemental	$66,017	HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
TOTAL	$102,411,171

Featured Funding Opportunities and Grant Assistance:

AmeriCorps State and National is providing upcoming training and technical assistance calls for organizations regarding the FY2017 Grant Competition.

2017 AmeriCorps State and National Grant Competition: Selection Criteria
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 2 p.m. ET
For questions about the AmeriCorps grant application selection criteria, grant review process, or any other questions that need to be addressed in order to complete your application. Click here to register!

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