Project Grant AID492F1300001

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant to the Maryland Department of the Environment to support capacity building and implementation of the state's Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) program. This grant, funded under the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117), will enable the state to undertake a multi-phased regulatory adoption of...

The Maryland State Department of Education received a $148,811 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 under the Pandemic EBT Administrative Costs (CFDA 10.649) program to fund administrative expenses associated with operating the Pandemic EBT Food Benefit Program (P-EBT) through September 30, 2022. Specifically, the funding will support Maryland's costs to administer the P-EBT program, which provides food...

The Oregon State Police (OSP) Forensic Services Division (FSD) received a $313,602 Formula Grant award under the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program (CFDA 16.742) from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will fund overtime for the FSD to help reduce backlog and maintain 80% of cases completed within 30 days. The funding will also cover a Qualtrax software subscription, the purchase of a GC/MS instrument, and...

The Phoenix Police Department Laboratory Services Bureau (PPD-LSB) received a $651,068 Formula DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) with the goal of improving forensic DNA operations. The FY24 CFDA 16.036 Comprehensive Forensic DNA Analysis Grant Program funds will be used to: 1) Increase the number of eligible Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) samples developed by providing overtime for PPD-LSB DNA analysts to process 30...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) under CFDA 81.135, provides $499,946 in funding to Exofusion, Inc. for the development of novel liquid metal plasma facing component (PFC) alloys. The project aims to create new materials with tailored properties to optimize core confinement and divertor plasma performance in fusion power plant (FPP) environments. Key objectives include enabling stronger core-edge integration and enhanced divertor heat...

The Department of Transportation New York has been awarded a $1,840,119 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to improve pedestrian safety at 40 signalized and unsignalized intersections throughout the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York. The grant funding will be used to install rectangular rapid-flashing beacons activated by pedestrian push buttons, reconstruct or construct ADA-compliant pedestrian ramps,...

East End Food Institute received a $787,416 Project Grant award from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Community Food Projects (CFP) program to support local food system development and nutrition education initiatives. Through the award period of June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2027, East End Food Institute will utilize the funding to build out a commercial kitchen facility and partner with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County (CCE Suffolk) to expand nutrition...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a $10,000,000 Project Grant to the City of Baltimore under the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Dissemination, Outreach, Training and Technical Analysis/Assistance program (CFDA 81.117). The grant will support the city's efforts to develop and adopt a local Building Performance Standard (BPS) to contribute to its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals, as well as provide workforce training opportunities. Key objectives include evaluating...

Fork Food Lab received a $1,054,073 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service under the Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program to execute Fork Food Lab 2.0. This expansion project will scale up internal systems to support 75 commercial kitchen incubator members, create new value-added services including cooperative purchasing and centralized marketing, become USDA-certified for meat processing, develop a table-top manufacturing...

The City of Pocatello, Idaho was awarded a $118,810 Formula Grant under the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program (CFDA 81.128). The grant aims to assist the city in implementing strategies to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve overall energy efficiency within its municipality. The grant has a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. Typical EECBG activities include conducting energy audits,...