Project Grant 02FG1U108640

This $462,915 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense (DOD) Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation program (CFDA 12.003) supports the Central Florida Regional Planning Council in conducting a review of the resilience and preparedness of the Avon Park Air Force Range military installation. The funding will allow the Central Florida Regional...

The Pala Band of Mission Indians received a $175,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Indian Economic Development federal grant program (CFDA 15.032) to conduct a broadband feasibility study from May 2023 to May 2025. As a federally recognized tribe located in Pala, California, the Pala Band will use the funding to hire consultants to assess its current broadband services, conduct engineering assessments, and estimate costs to build and...

The Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Beaufort County Schools a $1,237,500 Project Grant under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education program (CFDA 84.116). The grant will support the implementation of a centralized advising center for Beaufort County Community College in Washington, NC from December 31, 2021 through December 31, 2024. The advising center will provide direct services to students in support of institutional reforms and innovative...

This $500,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) will fund a feasibility study for the highest and best regional use of a 2,100-acre state asset in Maricopa, Arizona. The City of Maricopa, Pinal County, and the University of Arizona will conduct the study to help establish a vision, determine the viability of creating thousands of jobs through a technology park model anchored by the Arizona...

The Boonslick Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) received a $420,000 project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) under the agency's Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302). The three-year award beginning April 1, 2021 will support BRPC's partnership planning efforts to create a regional economic development plan for the Warrenton, Missouri area through March 2024. As part of EDA's Planning program, BRPC will...

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) awarded a $3,400,000 Project Grant under the Technical Assistance and Feasibility Studies program (CFDA 87.101) to Pensana PLC, a for-profit organization based in the UK. The grant will fund a feasibility study for mid-stream processing of rare earth minerals in Angola. The study aims to explore innovative solutions to address developmental challenges in the region's critical minerals sector. The award has a performance period of 2...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) provides $11,277,776.00 in funding to the Battelle Memorial Institute to evaluate the feasibility of a commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Paradise Power Plant in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The project, titled "BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL): CARBON...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability awarded a $7,823,617 Project Grant under the Electricity Research, Development and Analysis (CFDA 81.122) federal grant program to Battery Council International (BCI). The funding will support the establishment of a precompetitive research program between the U.S. lead battery industry and several DOE national laboratories. The primary objectives are to: 1) develop a partnership between industry and national...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087), will provide $800,000 to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to conduct a preliminary feasibility study for a U.S. grid-connected ocean current test facility (OCTF). The project aims to evaluate current energy converters (CECs) in the open ocean offshore Palm Beach County, Florida, in order to...

This $143,750 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will support Montbello Organizing Committee in conducting a feasibility study for a business incubator in the greater Montbello area of Denver, Colorado. The study will determine the viability of an incubator as part of Montbello Organizing Committee's "Building Wealth from Within" initiative, which aims to provide employment and small business...