Federal Grant Opportunities: Aug 6

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On or about August 2^nd, the Grants.gov website experienced a facelift. While every effort was made to maintain functionality of all the links, some technical difficulties have been experienced. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your continued patience and support.

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: Rehabilitate Service Roads, Design and Construction	$1,080,000	Federal Aviation Administration
NYS Department of Motor Vehicles/Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee	$638,539	Dept. of Transportation - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NYS Department of State: NYS Coastal Management Program, also supports new initiatives such as the state Community Reconstruction Zones (CRZ) program, also funding a number of local projects or initiatives through the state’s existing Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP)	$2,327,500	Dept. of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services: State and Local Implementation Grant Program (SLIGP)	$4,867,212	Dept. of Commerce - National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Amyloid Fibril Formation in Microgravity - Distinguishing Interfacial and Flow Effects	$766,878	NASA - Physical Science Research Program
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Binary Constrained Convex Quadratic Programs with Complementarity Constraints and Extensions	$150,000	National Science Foundation- Collaborative Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Building the Research Data Alliance through Support of the Second International Plenary Conference	$79,245	National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Engineering Polymer Nanodielectric Systems Using a Descriptor-Based Design Methodology	$244,359	National Science Foundation- Collaborative Research
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Development of Terahertz Electronics Characterization System	$644,214	National Science Foundation - MRI
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Nuclear Physics with Electromagnetic Probes at Jefferson Lab	$100,000	National Science Foundation
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Real Time Control of Grain Growth in Metals	$1,285,243	National Science Foundation - DMREF
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Rensselaer Nuclear Fellowship Program	$400,000	Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Small Inference and Checking of Context-sensitive Pluggable Types	$315,058	National Science Foundation - SHF
Siena College: Created Equal - America’s Civil Rights Struggle	$1,200 plus the film set	National Endowment for the Humanities - Bridging Cultures Initiative
Skidmore College: Assembling the Mayan Mural Fragments from San Bartolo, Guatemala	$185,000	National Endowment for the Humanities - Collaborative Research
Skidmore College: Differentiating Between Lithologic and Baselevel Controls on River Profiles - Canyons of the Colorado Plateau	$33,572	National Science Foundation- Collaborative Research
Union College: Acquisition of a Multi-Material 3D Printer to Enable Novel Multi-Disciplinary Research and Research Training	$333,531	National Science Foundation - MRI
TOTAL	$13,451,551

Featured Funding and Grant Assistance Opportunities:

Grant Resources Online at the New York State Library– August 22, 3:00 – 4:30 PM at the NYS Library, Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, 7^th floor computer classroom, Albany, NY 12230. In this hands-on class, a Senior Librarian will demonstrate several online databases available at the New York State Library: BIG Online, The Foundation Directory Online, Foundation Grants to Individuals Online, and Philanthropy In/Sight. There is no charge for the class, however space is limited and registration is required.

Census Bureau’s New Tool Puts Congressional District Statistics at Your Fingertips- The U.S. Census Bureau has released My Congressional District, the first interactive tool geared exclusively toward finding basic demographic and economic statistics for every congressional district in the U.S. This Web app uses the latest annual statistics from the American Community Survey, providing the most detailed portrait of America's towns and neighborhoods. Users can sort through statistics in five key categories upon selection of a specific district in the application. Summary level statistics covering education, finance, jobs and housing, as well as basic demographic information, can quickly be displayed, downloaded and shared with others.

The latest issue of Philanthropy News Digest Health Funding Watch is now available.

The latest issue of Philanthropy News Digest RFP Bulletin is now available.

The latest issue of SBIR Insider Newsletter is now available.

The latest Small Business Administration Bulletin is now available.

Energy Efficient FHA Loans- The Energy Efficient Mortgage Loan program helps current or potential homeowners significantly lower their monthly utility bills by enabling them to incorporate the cost of adding energy efficient improvements into their new home or existing housing.

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