Under legislation introduced by state Sen. John Sabini (D-Jackson Heights), the government would pay 75% of the ESL tuition for foreign-speaking students who are over 18 and make less than $30,000 a year.
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U.S. Rep. John McHugh’s office informed Trudeau that Frances Lund and Troy Randall have been awarded National Research Project grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and will each receive $1.6 million in funding over the next four years.

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $47 million in grant funds for YouthBuild Grants.YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses several core issues facing low-income communities: housing, education, employment, crime prevention, and leadership development. Grant funds will be used to provide disadvantaged youth with: the education and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency in occupations in high demand and postsecondary education and training opportunities; opportunities for meaningful work and service to their communities; and opportunities to develop employment and leadership skills and a commitment to community development among youth in low-income communities. As part of their programming, YouthBuild grantees will tap the energies and talents of disadvantaged youth to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for homeless individuals and low-income families and to help youth develop the leadership, learning, and high-demand occupational skills needed to succeed in today’s global economy.
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According to a 2010 study by the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University, government grants contributed $11.7 million to O.C. non-profit arts in 2010 alone. That figure, which was $11.1 million in 2002, has only gone up $600,000 in four years.
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Small business research grants available

MORTGANTOWN — More than $1 billion in research grants are available from the federal government. "Small business owners and researchers may apply for grants to create new technologies that offer solutions to the nation’s most pressing scientific and engineering problems," said Sharon Stratton, manager of the WVU SBDC in Morgantown. Each year the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds more than $1 billion in early-stage research and development projects to small high-tech firms. SBIR funds touch the full spectrum of federal research and development. These awards are made in diverse fields including manufacturing process control, environmental monitoring, medical devices, software, avionics, optical computing, aquiculture and education.
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Clinton opens "Frontiers of Opportunity" for tribal colleges - Bill Clinton, federal grants to Native American schools
After two decades of prayers, politicking and impassioned pleas, tribal colleges have gained greater access to federal grants under an executive order signed by President Clinton.
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In 2010 the Legislature designated $325,000 for a Sesquicentennial Grant program to be available to communities and organizations across Minnesota.
 

There will be at least one grant, for up to $1,000, awarded to a nonprofit or local and county government and higher education and local school districts in every county in the state to help give every citizen the chance to celebrate.
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