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The purpose of this notice is to solicit applications for two funding categories: (1) Planning and (2) Bridge Project grants (a project with total eligible costs not greater than $100 million) for awards under the Bridge Investment Program (BIP). This notice establishes a “rolling application” process for Planning and Bridge Project applications by providing the schedule, requirements, and selection process for such projects for the remaining available amounts of the BIP funding provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) for FY 2023 through FY 2026, which total up to $9.7 billion (see section B.1 for details for funds available for each fiscal year). FHWA is soliciting applications for the other BIP project category in a separate NOFO available on Grants.gov, listing number 693JJ323NF00019: Large Bridge Project (a project with total eligible costs greater than $100 million). A total of up to $3.0 billion of FY 2025 and FY 2026 remains available for Large Bridge Project grants and Bridge Project grants.This Amendment No. 2 amends the announcement published on December 20, 2023. This amended NOFO among other things aligns the NOFO with current Administration and Department policies and priorities, provides a process for FY 2025 cycle applications to amend their applications, and other updates. A redline version of the NOFO that identifies amendments is provided in addition to the clean version. Eligible applicants shall submit new applications that are responsive to this NOFO for consideration by June 15, 2026 for Planning applications and June 29, 2026 for...

NOAA announces the availability of Federal funding, authorized pursuant to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Pub. L. 117-58 (November 15, 2021) and the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, Pub. L. 119-74 (January 23, 2026), for necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific salmon populations. The Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) program makes such funding available to the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and federally recognized tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska) for projects necessary for the conservation of salmon and steelhead populations listed as threatened or endangered, or identified by a State as at-risk to be so-listed; for maintaining populations necessary for exercise of tribal treaty fishing rights or native subsistence fishing; or for the conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat. This announcement supports the Executive Order 14276 Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness by focusing on core fisheries management, addressing threats to our nation’s waters, and using science to strengthen healthy and harvestable populations of Pacific salmon. Additionally, projects shall follow the “Gold Standard Science” principles - emphasizing reproducibility, transparency, clear communication of error and uncertainty, collaboration, skepticism of findings and assumptions, structures for falsifiability of hypotheses, unbiased peer review, and freedom from conflict of interest....

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture"s Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI), Assistance Listing 10.332, is intended to: Study agriculturally significant crops and animals in production environments to achieve viable and secure agricultural production.Ensure that current gaps in existing knowledge of agricultural crops, animal genetics, and phenomics are filled.Identify and develop a functional understanding of relevant genes from animals and agronomically relevant genes from crops that are of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Ensure future genetic improvement of crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Study the relevance of different germplasm as a source of unique genes that may be of importance in the future.Enhance genetics to reduce the economic impact of pathogens on crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Disseminate findings to relevant audiences.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture"s Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative (AG2PI), Assistance Listing 10.332, is intended to:Study agriculturally significant crops and animals in production environments to achieve viable and secure agricultural production.Ensure that current gaps in existing knowledge of agricultural crops, animal genetics, and phenomics are filled.Identify and develop a functional understanding of relevant genes from animals and agronomically relevant genes from crops that are of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Ensure future genetic improvement of crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Study the relevance of different germplasm as a source of unique genes that may be of importance in the future.Enhance genetics to reduce the economic impact of pathogens on crops and animals of importance to the agriculture sector of the United States.Disseminate findings to relevant audiences.

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) invite proposals for cooperative agreements to implement the FY 2026 FLEX Global high school exchange program. Applicants may apply for one or both of the following program components:   ·      Administrative Component: Manages overseas operations, recruitment and selection of inbound and outbound participants, travel, host family recruitment and placement for outbound participants (e.g., American students studying abroad), database and website management for all inbound and outbound participants, alumni activities for all inbound and outbound participants, program-wide events, and overall program coordination.  ·      Placement Component: Manages host family and school placement of inbound foreign participants in the U.S., regional “American Excellence” enhancement type activities, and ongoing monitoring and support.   FLEX Global builds on the 34-year legacy of the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) program and the 24-year legacy of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program, expanding participation beyond specific world regions. The program advances U.S. interests by cultivating a network of young leaders who understand and support U.S. culture and priorities, with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, civic engagement, and leadership.   Key Activities: ·      Up to 1,200 foreign high school participants will study in the U.S. for an academic year. ·      Up to 150 American high school participants will study abroad for an academic year. As noted above, this element of the program will be managed entirely....

The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for one cooperative agreement to design, implement, and oversee the Office's Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. Fulbright Teacher Exchanges advance American competitiveness by engaging K-12 educators in international exchanges that allow them to learn cutting-edge educational practices and develop innovative programs that prepare their students for careers that support U.S. economic and security interests at home and abroad.  For more than 80 years, Fulbright Teacher Exchanges have offered opportunities for American K-12 educators to demonstrate U.S. prominence and expertise to peers abroad in areas including the arts, humanities, STEM and technology.  Furthermore, U.S. Fulbright Teacher Exchanges advance American interests by providing upskilling to American teachers to increase K-12 expertise in technology, especially AI and the critical minerals industry, and to prepare their students for careers in fields critical to U.S. security and prosperity. Programming supports American teachers to expand STEM coursework in fields such as earth science, data analysis, and geology to meet the need for student specialization in critical minerals and rare earths in the U.S. market.  The program also integrates a wide range of fields that advance the Administration’s America First priorities and related Executive Orders, including expanding career readiness programs, promoting digital freedom, and increasin...

The Fulbright Specialist Program will select approximately 400 American academics and professionals to countries worldwide for two-to-six week programming in FY 2027. Fulbright Specialists share their expertise, build and strengthen professional networks, and gain international experience through projects that support U.S. foreign policy priorities and strengthen institutional ties in education, innovation, and trade.   Specialist projects are requested by U.S. embassies and Fulbright Commissions abroad, in coordination with foreign institutions such as universities, teacher-training centers, cultural institutions, and government ministries. Specialists may include attorneys, business leaders, economists, etc., and they develop curricula, design or deliver symposia, conduct needs assessments, and consult on faculty or workforce needs. Please see the Notice of Funding Opportunity for additional information.

The primary purpose of this study is to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Muskellunge stocking effectiveness and efficiency within Iowa's lakes and reservoirs, including those managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This research directly addresses the USACE's interest in optimizing the management of recreational fisheries within their projects. By identifying and refining Muskellunge culture methods and stocking policies, this study aims to enhance the efficacy and efficiency of state agency stocking programs, ensuring that valuable resources are utilized to maximize angler success. The comprehensive understanding of Muskellunge survival, movement, and habitat use gained from this study will directly inform optimized stocking strategies, leading to more robust and sustainable Muskellunge populations. This, in turn, is anticipated to increase angler success rates and overall recreational satisfaction, thereby enhancing the economic and social benefits derived from recreational fishing on USACE reservoirs and similar water bodies across the state and potentially nationwide. The findings will directly inform the revision of Iowa’s Muskellunge Management Plan (Meerbeek, 2014), and, critically, will establish a transferable framework for improving stocking outcomes and increasing recreational fishing opportunities in USACE reservoirs and similar water bodies across the nation. Furthermore, this study will investigate the broader implications of its outcomes for the strategic adoption and advancement of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS). As conventional ha...

The primary goal and objective of the Methyl Bromide Transition program is to support the discovery and implementation of practical pest management alternatives to methyl bromide. The MBT program seeks to solve pest problems in key agricultural production and post-harvest management systems, processing facilities, and transport systems for which methyl bromide has been withdrawn or withdrawal is imminent.

The Community Connect Grant Program provides financial assistance to eligible applicants that will provide service at or above the Broadband Grant Speed (100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up) to all premises in rural, economically-challenged communities where broadband service (10 Mbps down and 1 Mbps up) does not exist. The deployment of broadband services on a “community-oriented connectivity” basis stimulates economic development and provides enhanced educational and health care opportunities in rural areas. RUS will give priority to rural areas that demonstrate the greatest need for broadband services, based on the criteria contained in the regulation and Application Guide.The regulation for the Community Connect Grant Program can be found at 7 CFR part 1739.All applicants should carefully review and prepare their applications according to instructions in the FY 2026 Community Connect Grant Program Application Guide (Application Guide) and program resources. This Application Guide can be found at https://www.rd.usda.gov/community-connect. Expenses incurred in developing applications will be at the applicant’s own risk. Applications will be submitted through the online application system available on the program web site. The application system will open for accepting Community Connect applications on May 13, 2026. Applications must submitted by no later than 11:59 a.m. Eastern Time, June 29, 2026. Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted. 

FNS intends to award up to $5 million in grants to eligible entities and each applicant may apply for between $20,000 to $2 million in funding. Eligible entities include State agencies administering SNAP; State or local governments; agencies providing health or welfare services; public health or educational entities; or private nonprofit entities, such as community-based or faith-based organizations, food banks, or other emergency feeding organizations. Unless the applicant is a State agency submitting an application on its own, a letter of commitment or letter of endorsement from the relevant State SNAP agency must be included in the application package to be considered for funding. Throughout this Request for Applications (RFA), the term “State agencies” refers to the agencies of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Guam that administer SNAP. These awards are contingent upon the availability of funds.   Additional Info: Objective Areas 1.           Modernize SNAP customer service and client communication to improve efficiency, transparency, and accuracy in application processing and eligibility determinations, including by using technology to improve the customer experience and allow households to manage their cases. 2.           Improve administrative infrastructure and day-to-day SNAP operations in processing applications and determining eligibility, including by employing technology to improve service levels, and accurate and timely case processing, as required by law. 3.           Invest in technology and systems to coordinate application a...

The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to grow a network of researchers that strengthens CDC"s use of influenza modeling and forecasting to provide situational awareness, inform influenza prevention and control efforts, advance the science of influenza forecasting and modeling, and enhance communication of related findings with key partners, including state, local, and non-governmental organizations. These efforts will inform strategies to mitigate influenza-related morbidity and mortality. This includes populations at higher risk of influenza or with lower uptake of or access to influenza prevention and control measures.

The Parren J. Mitchell Entrepreneurship Education program was created to train and educate entrepreneurs in subjects directly related to successful entrepreneurship through the development and implementation of evidence-based curricula. This curriculum must be practical and targeted to building the skills necessary to yield real results for entrepreneurs in a defined period of time. Further, classes or modules in this program will be available to any enrolled students at the grantee institution who are either entrepreneurs or aspiring entrepreneurs.

The purpose of PSSG is to improve postsecondary student outcomes, including retention, transfer, credit accumulation, and completion, by leveraging data and implementing, scaling, and rigorously evaluating evidence-based strategies.

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the following area: detecting plant species habitat to inform management. The research will be used to investigate phenology informed detection models, model transferability across broad regions, analyze spatial patterns of model uncertainty, and optimize the development and delivery of model results to practitioners charged with the management of species. Being able to detect invasive species and habitats helps to prevent the spread of, eradicate or control invasive species by helping practitioners know what species are problematic where. Thus, the research help make land management agencies work more efficient.Many longstanding challenges remain regarding detection of plant species across broad geographic extents related to transferability, uncertainty, and interpretation. For example, multiple methods have been used at local scales to detect plant species. Leveraging satellite data at fine resolutions may allow us to improve accuracy across geographic scales. We can better understand the limits of model prediction and build model credibility among practitioners using models to augment management actions and policies. These approaches must be viewed as accurate by practitioners at a local scale for uptake and be based on the best available science (EO 14303 - Restoring Gold Standard Science, May 23, 2025). An important focus is detection of fire promoting invasive species to inform risk and mitigation activities (EO 14308 - Empowering Commonsense Wildfire Prevention and Response, June 12, 2025).T...

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for the research outlined below.Timely characterization of the spatial distribution and severity of water quality degradation in response to episodic events is a challenge for the water quality monitoring community given their episodic nature and dynamic and broad potential distribution that is not necessarily visible. Autonomous underwater vehicles equipped with in-situ sensors have been long used by the oceanographic community for geospatial characterization of hydrodynamic, biological and biogeochemical conditions, but due to their high historical cost, this technology has been underutilized in monitoring at the scale of local water quality threats to inform management and the public.The U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Mission Area is interested in partnering with the CESU to evaluate the operational readiness of a low-cost autonomous underwater vehicle called the JaiaBot BIO. The JaiaBot BIO has been developed with the ability to conduct rapid assessments of the distribution and severity of episodic water quality degradation associated with high flow event riverine plumes and summer/fall cyanobacteria blooms. Lake Champlain is an ideal test bed for this technology given its high watershed to lake area/volume ratio (highly sensitive to episodic disturbance), the co-existence of long-term and high frequency stationary monitoring infrastructure within the lake and its tributaries, and eutrophic bays with well-characterized and highly dynamic (in both time and space) cyanobacteria blooms that are partially....

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in invasive Grass Carp spawning and early life history in Great Lakes tributaries.Grass Carp are an invasive species in North America, which threaten native species through the destruction of habitats provided by aquatic vegetation, which are important for production of waterfowl and sportfish. Grass Carp spawn in riverine habitats during specific environmental conditions (i.e., high streamflow events). Consequently, Grass Carp spawning can be surveyed using nets and the collected eggs and larvae have provided crucial information to identify where adult Grass Carp can be targeted for removal efforts. Further, control efforts implemented during spawning may disrupt spawning behavior. Understanding when and where Grass Carp reproduction occurs has been identified by management partners as an important component of responding to the threat of Grass Carp in the Great Lakes. A Presidential Memorandum titled Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive Carp was issued May 9, 2025, which directed "research and management concerning the prevention, removal, and management of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes, including invasive carp."

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to develop an Innovation Landscape in the Southern Great Plains for the purpose of accelerating the transfer of new land management technologies to military installations in the region. The partner will possess both military and natural resource expertise, experience, and established relationships to be able to accurately identify innovation needs and scalable solutions in the natural resource focus area to support the military mission, increase regulatory flexibility for Department of War (DoW), and facilitate military use of the land.

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in remote sensing algorithm development and to validate remote sensing data products for evaluating phytoplankton communities in Barataria estuary. The research investigates the effectiveness of using remote sensing technologies to monitor estuarine phytoplankton that are essential lower trophic levels in aquatic food webs.The following Executive Orders (EOs), Secretarial Orders (SOs), and Authorization align with this NOFO. The EOs include EO 14313 – Establishing the President's Make America Beautiful Again Commission (July 3, 2025) that creates a commission to promote conservation, restore lands and waters, and expand access to public lands, , EO 14303 – Restoring Gold Standard Science (May 23, 2025) that ensures integrity and rigor in federally funded research, emphasizing transparency and unbiased science for environmental decisions, EO 14239 – Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness (March 19, 2025) that strengthens resilience by empowering state and local governments to make risk-informed infrastructure and preparedness decisions, EO 11990 – Protection of Wetlands (May 24, 1977), which requires federal agencies to minimize destruction or modification of wetlands, and lastly EO 13956 – Modernizing America's Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure (October 13, 2020) that improves coordination for water resource management and resilience, benefiting wetlands. The SOs include SO 3441-Implementing the Requirements of Executive Order 14303, Restoring Gold Standard Science,...

The Rural Business Center Program will provide awards to support technical assistance, capacity building, and entrepreneurial development services to rural business enterprises at all stages, from ideation to maturity.

Expected Impact:The expected impact of the supported project include:• Improved quality and maturity of future EU backbone networks development, in particular CPEIs.Objective:Studies related to the deployment/significant upgrade of backbone networks that address risks, vulnerabilities and dependencies in the EU backbone infrastructure.Scope:Support will be given to studies for the deployment of backbone connectivity meeting one of the following conditions:• connect at least two Member States. In the case of terrestrial backbones, only cross-border segments necessary to connect national backbones will be funded;• connect a Member State with one or several of its islands, outermost regions, or overseas countries and territories;• connect one or several Member States and third countries, including accession and neighbourhood countries, directly, or indirectly via other cable infrastructures...

To provide guidance to State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) applicable through FY 2028 and announce the grant allotments for FY 2026 foreign labor certification grants. SWA staff should direct all grant-related questions to the OFLC National Office at FLC.Grant@dol.gov.

Provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide microloans for microenterprise startups and growth through a Rural Microloan Revolving Fund.

Provides loans and grants to Microenterprise Development Organizations (MDOs) to provide training and technical assistance to microloan borrowers and micro entrepreneurs. 

The U.S. Department of State’s Embassy Gaborone announces an open competition for alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to submit project proposals for the 2026 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF). This competition seeks projects that position sports as a sustainable driver of economic growth and social inclusion in Botswana. It supports U.S. foreign policy priorities by promoting excellence, investment, and shared prosperity through people-to-people engagement, aligned with the Freedom 250 initiative commemorating 250 years of American independence. The 2026 AEIF call for proposals aims to strengthen the governance, management, and sustainability of Botswana’s sports organizations; develop effective business models and fundraising strategies; enhance marketing, branding, and event management capacity; support athletes in preparing for post-sports careers; and foster international partnerships, especially with U.S. collegiate and professional teams. The intended program targets sports federation and club leaders, coaches, administrators, and young athletes across Botswana who seek to build professional skills and organizational capacity. Eligible applicants are alumni of U.S. government exchange programs with the experience and networks to lead impactful projects. Experience in sports or their administration is an added advantage.