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VA/DoD Awards
$823.8K
VA/DoD Award Count
1
Funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs and/or Department of Defense.
Total Federal Funding
$661M
Awards Found
155
Department of Health and Human Services
$121.5M
HOME STUDY AND POST-RELEASE SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Department of Health and Human Services
$113.9M
RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN-LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY
Department of Health and Human Services
$95.6M
RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN-LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY
Department of Health and Human Services
$72M
RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN - LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY - THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM, INC. (NYAP) PROPOSED TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE (TFC) IN FOUR STATES OF CURRENT OPERATION, INCLUDING GEORGIA, ILLINOIS AND INDIANA, THROUGH A NETWORK OF QUALIFIED, STATE LICENSED FOSTER HOMES. SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SYSTEM ENSURING UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PLACED INTO FOSTER CARE RECEIVE AGE AND DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE CARE IN A SAFE, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND RESPECTFUL MANNER.
Department of Health and Human Services
$51.9M
RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN-LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY - NYAP IS A LICENSED CHILD-PLACING AGENCY IN 11 STATES AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING CHILD-PLACING LICENSES FOR THE PROPOSED SITES IN COLORADO, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA AND WISCONSIN. NYAP WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL, CASE MANAGEMENT AND CLINICAL NEEDS OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AT A CENTRALIZED LOCATION ADMINISTERED BY NYAP STAFF. NYAP PROPOSES TO SERVE 144 CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT ANY TIME.
Department of Health and Human Services
$47.9M
RESIDENTIAL (GROUP HOME, SHELTER, TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN - NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESIDENTIAL TFC PROGRAM WITHIN THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT (ORR) THAT PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE AND SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE PROGRAM ENSURES CHILDREN RECEIVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WHILE IDENTIFYING AND VETTING SUITABLE SPONSORS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO SAFELY REUNITE CHILDREN WITH VETTED SPONSORS IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHILE MAINTAINING ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
Department of Health and Human Services
$40M
TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN
Department of Health and Human Services
$26.7M
RESIDENTIAL (LONG TERM FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
Department of Health and Human Services
$23M
RESIDENTIAL (LONG TERM FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN - NYAP RESPONDED TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUNDING FROM THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT DIVISION OF UNACCOMPANIED CHILDRENS OPERATIONS WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO PROVIDE LONG TERM FOSTER CARE SERVICES TO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN ORR CUSTODY
Department of Health and Human Services
$9.5M
RESIDENTIAL SHELTER SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN
Department of Health and Human Services
$8.8M
RESIDENTIAL LONG TERM FOSTER CARE SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN
Department of Health and Human Services
$6.1M
DEVELOPMENT OF ROR LIGANDS FOR TREATMENT OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISORDERS
Department of Health and Human Services
$3M
RESIDENTIAL (LONG TERM FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN - NYAP IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED RESIDENTIAL LTFC PROGRAM WITHIN THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT (ORR) THAT PROVIDES TEMPORARY CARE AND SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE PROGRAM ENSURES CHILDREN RECEIVE ESSENTIAL SERVICES INCLUDING HOUSING, MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WHILE IDENTIFYING AND VETTING SUITABLE SPONSORS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO SAFELY REUNITE CHILDREN WITH VETTED SPONSORS IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT WHILE MAINTAINING ONGOING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
Department of Health and Human Services
$2.5M
SMART POLYMER FIBERS FOR TAMPON-LIKE NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT NATURAL FERTILITY REQUIRES SPERMATOZOA TO MIGRATE THROUGH VISCOELASTIC SECRETIONS AND TO OVERCOME THE PHYSIOLOG- ICAL ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. OUR PRELIMINARY DATA SHOW THAT NOVEL MUCOADHESIVE, BIORESPONSIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS MAINTAIN A PHYSIOLOGICALLY ACIDIC PH ENVIRONMENT UPON EXPOSURE TO SEMINAL FLUID AND, AT THE SAME TIME, DRAMATICALLY INCREASE VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES, WHICH NEGATIVELY IMPACTS SPERM MOTIL- ITY. THEREFORE, IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT - UPON EXPOSURE TO SEMEN - THE NOVEL MUCOADHESIVE, BIORESPONSIVE COM- POSITION RAPIDLY TRANSFORMS THE VAGINAL CAVITY INTO AN INHOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SPERM. WE PROPOSE TO EXPLORE AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ON-DEMAND NON-STEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION FOR WOMEN USING SMART (= SYSTEM MUTE UNTIL ACTIVATION BY A REMOTE TRIGGER) POLYMER FIBERS THAT MAINTAIN A PHYSIOLOGICAL, PROTECTIVE VAG- INAL ENVIRONMENT UPON EXPOSURE TO SEMINAL FLUID RESULTING IN INFERTILITY. THIS HIGH-RISK/HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH STRATEGY IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AS IT REPRESENTS AN INNOVATIVE BIOENGINEERING CONCEPT INTENDED TO REACH THE HUMAN TESTING PHASE (I.E., IND MILESTONE) MUCH FASTER AND AT A LOWER COST THAN CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY APPROACHES. IN THE R61 PHASE, WE WILL TEST WHETHER NON-WOVEN FIBER MATS COMPRISED OF BIORESPONSIVE POLYMER MIXTURES ESTABLISH AN ACIDIC MUCOADHESIVE GEL PHASE UPON EXPOSURE TO VAGINAL FLUID THAT MAINTAINS A PHYSIOLOGICALLY PRO- TECTIVE HIGHLY VISCOUS, ACIDIC MILIEU IN THE PRESENCE OF SEMEN, THEREBY INHIBITING SPERM MOTILITY TO A LEVEL CON- SISTENT WITH INFERTILITY. THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS APPROACH HAS BEEN SHOWN USING POLYMERIC FIBER MATS PRODUCED BY ELECTROSPINNING THAT DEMONSTRATED RAPID CONVERSION INTO A GEL PHASE, WHICH MAINTAINED ACIDIC PROPERTIES UPON EXPOSURE TO ALKALINE SEMINAL FLUID WHILE, SIMULTANEOUSLY, INCREASING 5-FOLD IN VISCOSITY. IN AIM #1, WE WILL DELINEATE ELECTROSPINNING FABRICATION PARAMETERS REQUIRED TO PREPARE DRY, NON-WOVEN FIBER MATS THAT EXHIBIT DESIRED MUCO- ADHESIVE AND BIORESPONSIVE PROPERTIES. WE WILL TEST THEIR ABILITY TO RAPIDLY RECONSTITUTE INTO AN ACIDIC GEL PHASE AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BARRIERS PROPERTIES FOR HUMAN SPERM THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH INFER- TILITY. IN AIM #2, WE WILL DEFINE SAFETY RISKS OF NON-WOVEN POLYMERIC FIBER MATS FOR NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTION. WE WILL ASSESS WHETHER POLYMERIC FIBER MATS ARE TOXIC TO CELLS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT. IN ADDITION, WE WILL EXPLORE HUMAN FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO USE-RELATED SAFETY AND EFFICACY RISKS USING INTERNET SURVEYS. THE R33 PHASE WILL BE INITIATED ONLY IF QUANTITATIVE MILESTONES DEFINED FOR THE R61 PHASE ARE MET. IN AIM #3, WE WILL REFINE ELECTROSPINNING FABRICATION PROCESS AND PERFORM A MORE RIGOROUS IN VITRO SAFETY ASSESSMENT THAT INCLUDES INTER- ACTIONS WITH THE VAGINAL MICROBIOME. IN THE FINAL AIM #4, WE WILL DETERMINE THE SAFETY, TOLERABILITY, AND CONTRACEP- TIVE EFFICACY OF THE MOST PROMISING POLYMER COMPOSITION IN VIVO USING THE RABBIT ANIMAL MODEL.
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.9M
NATURAL GLYCANS FOR FUNCTIONAL GLYCOMICS
Department of Health and Human Services
$1.7M
ERRGAMMA AGONISTS TO TREAT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Department of Education
$1.5M
LNESC - COLORADO SPRINGS, CO APPLICATION TO FUND AN UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
Department of Education
$1.2M
LNESC COLORADO SPRINGS UPWARD BOUND MATH AND SCIENCE PROGRAM
Department of Education
$1.2M
LNESC COLORADO SPRINGS UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM
Department of Defense
$823.8K
REV-ERB ANTAGONISTS FOR TREATMENT OF MUSCLE INJURIES
Department of Health and Human Services
$802.1K
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROBES BASED ON MITRAGYNINE PSEUDOINDOXYL
Department of Housing and Urban Development
$750K
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
Department of Health and Human Services
$747K
DEFINING DYNORPHIN-CRF CIRCUITS IN STRESS AND NICOTINE BEHAVIORS
Department of Health and Human Services
$706.9K
HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACILITIES
Department of Health and Human Services
$695.8K
MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE FOR FEMALE-INITIATED NONSTEROIDAL ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE, FEMALE-INITIATED CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AFFORD- ABLE, SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, AND PROVIDE DESIRED PROTECTION FROM UNINTENDED PREGNANCY WITHOUT EXPOSING WOMEN TO ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACEPTIVE HORMONES. OUR PRELIMINARY DATA DEMONSTRATE DISCOVERY OF DRUG-FREE, BIORESPONSIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS THAT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE IN VISCOSITY UPON EXPOSURE TO SEMEN, THEREBY EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING PREGNANCY IN VIVO. IN AN EXPANSION OF THIS PIONEERING SMART (= SYSTEM MUTE UNTIL ACTIVATION BY A REMOTE TRIGGER) POLYMER CONCEPT, WE PROPOSE A NOVEL DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY USING AN ON-DEMAND DUAL-COMPARTMENT VAGINAL DEVICE THAT ENABLES WOMEN TO FORTIFY THE NAT- URAL CONTRACEPTIVE BARRIERS AT THE CERVICOVAGINAL JUNCTION WITHOUT PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF DRUG MOLE- CULES. THIS HIGH-RISK/HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH STRATEGY IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AS IT REPRESENTS A DRUG-FREE BIOENGINEERING APPROACH INTENDED TO REACH THE HUMAN TESTING PHASE (I.E., IDE MILESTONE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES) MUCH FASTER AND AT A LOWER COST THAN CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS. FOR THIS STUDY, IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE ENABLES WOMEN TO ACCURATELY DEPOSIT A SMALL DOSE OF A FABRIC-LIKE, POLYMERIC SMART FIBER MATS INTRAVAGINALLY AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY, ADMINISTER SUPPLEMENTAL FLUID TO ACCELERATE RECONSTITUTION OF A BIORE- SPONSIVE, ACID-BUFFERING, AND MUCOADHESIVE SMART GEL PHASE THAT FORTIFIES THE NATURAL CONTRACEPTIVE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BARRIER PROPERTIES AT THE CERVICOVAGINAL JUNCTION. IN AIM #1, WE WILL DESIGN A DUAL-COMPARTMENT DEVICE FOR FEMALE-CONTROLLED INTRAVAGINAL ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS AND FABRICATE PROTO- TYPE DEVICES FOR IN VITRO TESTING OF CRITICAL DEVICE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS. IN AIM #2, WE WILL CONDUCT BENCH TESTING OF DUAL-COMPARTMENT DEVICE PROTOTYPES IN VITRO TO EVALUATE FIBER INSERTION AND SMART GEL FORMATION. IN AIM #3, WE WILL SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM WOMEN ON ACCEPTABILITY AND END USER DESIRABILITY OF DIFFERENT PROTOTYPE DEVICES USING FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO DEFINE HUMAN FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO USE-RELATED SAFETY AND EFFICACY RISKS OF THE MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE DESIGNED FOR FEMALE-INITIATED VAGINAL DELIVERY OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS. FINALLY, WE WILL ASSESS PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF THE OPTIMIZED MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE FOR VAGINAL DELIVERY OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS IN VIVO USING THE SHEEP MODEL (SPECIFIC AIM #4).
Department of Health and Human Services
$689K
DEVELOPMENT OF A DISCOVERY PLATFORM BASED ON MICROFLUIDICS AND FLUORESCENT CELL F
Department of Health and Human Services
$573.9K
INVESTIGATION AND TARGETING OF ALTERNATE BINDING SITE IN ERR? - ABSTRACT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCED A MARKED INCREASE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES; FROM 108 MILLION IN 1980 TO 422 MILLION IN 2014. DIABETES CAUSES SEVERE COMPLICATIONS INCLUDING BLINDNESS, HEART ATTACKS AND LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION WITH AN ESTIMATED 1.5 MILLION DEATHS ANNUALLY CAUSED BY DIABETES. THEREFORE, THERE IS GROWING INTEREST IN IDENTIFYING NOVEL DRUG TARGETS AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTICS APPROACHES. ESTROGEN-RELATED RECEPTOR A (ERRA) IS A NUCLEAR HORMONE RECEPTOR THAT REGULATE GENE EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES, OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION, BIOGENESIS AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM. LARGE BODY OF DATA SUGGEST ERRA AS A PROMISING THERAPEUTIC TARGET IN TREATING METABOLIC DISORDERS, SUCH AS TYPE 2 DIABETES AND METABOLIC SYNDROME. THE IDENTIFICATION OF ERRA SELECTIVE SMALL MOLECULE AGONISTS WOULD BE VALUABLE CHEMICAL PROBES AND PHARMACOLOGICAL TOOLS TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE ROLE OF ERRA IN DIABETES. HOWEVER, EXISTING ERRA AGONISTS LACK IN VIVO POTENCY AND SELECTIVITY THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THEIR USE AS CHEMICAL PROBES. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE NO X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AVAILABLE FOR ERRA BOUND AGONISTS, WHICH HINDERED THE DISCOVERY OF SPECIFIC ERRA AGONISTS. UNDERSTANDING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF AGONIST LIGAND BINDING TO ERRA IS CRUCIAL FOR IDENTIFICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF NOVEL POTENT AND SPECIFIC AGONISTS. INITIAL PRELIMINARY STUDIES USING MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS, REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF NOVEL ALTERNATE BINDING SITE IN ERRA. TARGETING THIS ALTERNATE SITE HOLDS PREMISE FOR DISCOVERY OF NOVEL ERRA AGONISTS. WE PROPOSE TWO SPECIFIC AIMS TO BE DONE IN TWO PHASES: 1) INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISM OF AGONIST LIGAND BINDING TO ERRA ORTHOSTERIC AND ALLOSTERIC SITES USING A COMBINATION OF COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES. THIS STEP IS ESSENTIAL TO CHARACTERIZE LOW ENERGY STATE STRUCTURAL ENSEMBLES FAVOURING AGONIST BINDING TO ERRA. 2) IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER-BASED DRUG DESIGN APPROACHES SUCH AS STRUCTURE-BASED VIRTUAL SCREENING FOR DISCOVERY OF NEW MOLECULAR SCAFFOLDS THAT BIND AND SELECTIVELY ACTIVATE ERRA. THESE AIMS WILL PROVIDE NOVEL, FIRST IN CLASS LIGANDS THAT SELECTIVELY ACTIVATE ERRA AND CAN BE USED AS CHEMICAL PROBES FOR INVESTIGATION OF THEIR ROLE IN DIABETES IN FUTURE GRANT PROPOSALS.
Department of Health and Human Services
$503.8K
SMART POLYMER FIBERS FOR TAMPON-LIKE NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
Department of Health and Human Services
$477.2K
HEART AND VASCULAR RESPONSES ACROSS THE LIFESPAN IN TS65DN MICE, A MODEL OF DOWN SYNDROME
Department of Health and Human Services
$474.9K
MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE FOR FEMALE-INITIATED NONSTEROIDAL ON-DEMAND CONTRACEPTION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE CHALLENGE OF THE FUTURE IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE, FEMALE-INITIATED CONTRACEPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE AFFORD- ABLE, SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE, AND PROVIDE DESIRED PROTECTION FROM UNINTENDED PREGNANCY WITHOUT EXPOSING WOMEN TO ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEMIC DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACEPTIVE HORMONES. OUR PRELIMINARY DATA DEMONSTRATE DISCOVERY OF DRUG-FREE, BIORESPONSIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS THAT DRAMATICALLY INCREASE IN VISCOSITY UPON EXPOSURE TO SEMEN, THEREBY EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING PREGNANCY IN VIVO. IN AN EXPANSION OF THIS PIONEERING SMART (= SYSTEM MUTE UNTIL ACTIVATION BY A REMOTE TRIGGER) POLYMER CONCEPT, WE PROPOSE A NOVEL DELIVERY TECHNOLOGY USING AN ON-DEMAND DUAL-COMPARTMENT VAGINAL DEVICE THAT ENABLES WOMEN TO FORTIFY THE NAT- URAL CONTRACEPTIVE BARRIERS AT THE CERVICOVAGINAL JUNCTION WITHOUT PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF DRUG MOLE- CULES. THIS HIGH-RISK/HIGH-REWARD RESEARCH STRATEGY IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM CONVENTIONAL NONSTEROIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS AS IT REPRESENTS A DRUG-FREE BIOENGINEERING APPROACH INTENDED TO REACH THE HUMAN TESTING PHASE (I.E., IDE MILESTONE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES) MUCH FASTER AND AT A LOWER COST THAN CONVENTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE AGENTS. FOR THIS STUDY, IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE ENABLES WOMEN TO ACCURATELY DEPOSIT A SMALL DOSE OF A FABRIC-LIKE, POLYMERIC SMART FIBER MATS INTRAVAGINALLY AND, SIMULTANEOUSLY, ADMINISTER SUPPLEMENTAL FLUID TO ACCELERATE RECONSTITUTION OF A BIORE- SPONSIVE, ACID-BUFFERING, AND MUCOADHESIVE SMART GEL PHASE THAT FORTIFIES THE NATURAL CONTRACEPTIVE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL BARRIER PROPERTIES AT THE CERVICOVAGINAL JUNCTION. IN AIM #1, WE WILL DESIGN A DUAL-COMPARTMENT DEVICE FOR FEMALE-CONTROLLED INTRAVAGINAL ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS AND FABRICATE PROTO- TYPE DEVICES FOR IN VITRO TESTING OF CRITICAL DEVICE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS. IN AIM #2, WE WILL CONDUCT BENCH TESTING OF DUAL-COMPARTMENT DEVICE PROTOTYPES IN VITRO TO EVALUATE FIBER INSERTION AND SMART GEL FORMATION. IN AIM #3, WE WILL SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM WOMEN ON ACCEPTABILITY AND END USER DESIRABILITY OF DIFFERENT PROTOTYPE DEVICES USING FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS TO DEFINE HUMAN FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO USE-RELATED SAFETY AND EFFICACY RISKS OF THE MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE DESIGNED FOR FEMALE-INITIATED VAGINAL DELIVERY OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS. FINALLY, WE WILL ASSESS PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF THE OPTIMIZED MULTIPURPOSE DEVICE FOR VAGINAL DELIVERY OF CONTRACEPTIVE SMART FIBER MATS IN VIVO USING THE SHEEP MODEL (SPECIFIC AIM #4).
Department of Health and Human Services
$465.3K
IRON METABOLISM IN TS65DN MICE, A MODEL OF DOWN SYNDROME - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT DOWN SYNDROME (DS) IS A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY THAT TYPICALLY RESULTS FROM THE TRIPLICATION OF CHROMOSOME 21 WITH AN OCCURRENCE OF 1 IN 700 LIVE BIRTHS. CHROMOSOME 21 TRIPLICATION MAY ALTER NORMAL GENE EXPRESSION AND LEAD TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY, EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE, HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS, AMONG OTHER CONDITIONS. DYSREGULATION OF IRON HOMEOSTATIC MECHANISMS MAY BE AN UNDERLYING FACTOR IN CLINICAL OUTCOMES ASSOCIATED WITH DS. IRON IS A TRACE ELEMENT WELL-KNOWN FOR ITS INVOLVEMENT WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT INCLUDE OXYGEN TRANSPORT, INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE, ENERGY METABOLISM, AND DNA SYNTHESIS. IRON HOMEOSTATIC DYSREGULATION IN DS COULD LEAD TO COMPROMISED PLASMA IRON LEVELS AND TISSUE IRON ACCUMULATION THAT CATALYZES THE PRODUCTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN RADICAL SPECIES (ROS). DESPITE REPORTS OF IRON STATUS PARAMETERS IN DS THERE IS A LACK OF CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF IRON HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION AMONG THIS POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS. THE TS65DN MOUSE IS AN ESTABLISHED MODEL OF DS THAT MAY HOLD CONSIDERABLE VALUE TO STUDY MECHANISTIC FACTORS THAT REGULATE IRON HOMEOSTASIS IN DS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DELINEATE SEX AND AGE-RELATED ALTERATIONS IN IRON HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION OVER THE ADULT LIFESPAN OF TS65DN MICE AND TO ASSOCIATE CHANGES IN IRON REGULATION WITH TISSUE IRON LEVELS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS. IN THESE STUDIES, TISSUES (BRAIN, LIVER, AND PLASMA) FROM TS65DN MICE AND WILD-TYPE (WT) COLONY CONTROLS AT 3, 12, AND 18 MONTHS OF AGE WILL BE STUDIED TO ADDRESS TWO INTEGRATED SPECIFIC AIMS: 1) DEPICT THE IRON HOMEOSTATIC PHENOTYPE OF TS65DN MICE ACROSS THE ADULT LIFESPAN, AND 2) DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF HYPOXIA EXPOSURE (10% INSPIRED O2) ON SYSTEMIC AND TISSUE IRON HOMEOSTASIS, HEMATOLOGIC PROFILE, AND TISSUE OXIDATIVE STRESS IN TS65DN MICE. THE FIRST AIM OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL ESTABLISH THE UTILITY OF THE TS65DN MOUSE MODEL TO STUDY IRON STATUS AND IRON HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION IN DS. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT TS65DN MICE WILL SHOW GREATER INFLAMMATION THAT WILL PROMOTE AN IRON REGULATION RESPONSE LEADING TO LOWER PLASMA COMPARTMENT IRON AND ELEVATED IRON IN THE STORAGE COMPARTMENT. ELEVATED TISSUE IRON IN TS65DN MICE IS POSTULATED TO ASSOCIATE WITH GREATER OXIDATIVE INJURY. THE SECOND AIM WILL EMPLOY HYPOXIA EXPOSURE TO ALTER IRON HOMEOSTATIC REGULATION OF TS65DN AND WT MICE TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT HYPOXIA INDUCED IRON DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS FROM STORAGE TO THE PLASMA COMPARTMENT WILL REDUCE TS65DN TISSUE IRON TOXICITY AND IMPROVE THE HEMATOLOGIC PROFILE. FURTHERMORE, IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT MALE MICE WILL DISPLAY GREATER IRON STATUS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS THAN FEMALES, WITH TS65DN SHOWING GREATER LEVELS THAN WT CONTROLS. AS IRON METABOLISM DYSREGULATION AND TISSUE IRON ACCUMULATION CAN BECOME MORE PROMINENT WITH AGING, UNDERSTANDING IRON METABOLISM IN DS IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AS LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THIS POPULATION HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES.
Department of Agriculture
$450K
SOIL PROFILE WATER CONTENT SENSING SYSTEM BASED ON TDR
Department of Health and Human Services
$441.1K
RAPID AND SENSITIVE IN VIVO DETECTION OF OPIOID PEPTIDES
Department of Health and Human Services
$426.7K
PHARMACOLOGICAL PROBES BASED ON MITRAGYNINE PSEUDOINDOXYL
Department of Health and Human Services
$426.6K
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ERRA SELECTIVE AGONISTS AS CHEMICAL PROBES FOR THE POTENTIAL TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Department of Health and Human Services
$315K
A HUMAN SALIVARY GLYCOME DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR INTERROGATING GLYCAN FUNCTION IN ORAL INNATE IMMUNITY - PROJECT SUMMARY THE ORAL CAVITY IS THE FIRST CRITICAL INTERFACE BETWEEN POTENTIALLY HARMFUL SUBSTANCES OR PATHOGENS IN THE HOST ENVIRONMENT, AND EVOLUTION OF THE ADAPTIVE AND INNATE IMMUNE DEFENSE MECHANISMS TO INACTIVATE OR ELIMINATE PATHOGENIC MICROBES HAS TO A GREAT EXTENT USED PROTEIN-GLYCAN INTERACTION. THE GLYCAN COMPONENTS OF SALIVA HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES IN BIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ORAL HOST-MICROBE, MICROBE- HOST, AND MICROBE-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, AND WE HAVE SHOWN THAT GLYCANS ATTACHED SALIVARY GLYCOPROTEINS CAN ACT AS A FIRST LINE OF HOST DEFENSE IN THE HUMAN MOUTH AND THAT GLYCAN RECOGNITION CONTRIBUTES TO BOTH COLONIZATION AND CLEARANCE OF ORAL MICROBES. A REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION IN STUDIES OF PROTEIN-GLYCAN INTERACTIONS WAS THE GLYCAN MICROARRAY, WHICH PERMITTED THE IDENTIFICATION GLYCAN LIGANDS FOR BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT GLYCAN BINDING PROTEINS (GBP) BY THEIR SIMULTANEOUS INTERROGATION WITH HUNDREDS OF GLYCAN STRUCTURES PRINTED ON A MICROSCOPE SLIDE. COMPARISONS OF THE STRUCTURES OF BOUND AND NON-BOUND GLYCANS REVEAL THE GLYCAN SPECIFICITY OF GBP, AND THIS INFORMATION IS USED IN FURTHER BIOLOGICAL STUDIES TO UNDERSTAND THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF GBP. IN THIS PROJECT WE WILL GENERATE A GLYCAN MICROARRAY COMPOSED OF GLYCANS THAT REPRESENT THE SALIVARY GLYCOME, I.E. THE ENTIRETY OF GLYCANS IN SALIVA. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY FIRST PRODUCING A LIBRARY OF PURIFIED, NATURALLY OCCURRING N- AND O-LINKED GLYCANS RELEASED FROM 10 LITERS OF POOLED HUMAN SALIVA BY AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATIVE RELEASE OF NATURAL GLYCANS (ORNG) USING SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD BLEACH. THE LIBRARY OF GLYCANS WILL BE PRINTED AS A GLYCAN MICROARRAY AND INTERROGATED WITH ORAL STREPTOCOCCAL GLYCAN-BINDING ADHESINS TO IDENTIFY THEIR CORRESPONDING NATURAL HIGH-AFFINITY GLYCAN LIGANDS. WE WILL USE OUR RECENTLY ESTABLISHED TOOLBOX OF STREPTOCOCCAL SERINE-RICH-REPEAT PROTEIN ADHESINS THAT EACH CONTAIN SIALIC-ACID-BINDING SIGLEC-LIKE DOMAINS OF DIFFERING SPECIFICITY FOR SUBTYPES OF SIALIC ACIDS IN THE WIDER CONTEXT OF THEIR UNDERLYING SUBTERMINAL GLYCANS. FOR SOME OF THESE LECTINS, THE NATURAL GLYCAN LIGANDS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED USING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ARRAYS, PRESUMABLY DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF THEIR CORRESPONDING NATURAL GLYCAN LIGANDS PRESENTED IN THE ASSAYS TO DATE. SINCE THESE ARE LECTINS EXPRESSED BY ORAL MICROBES, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THEIR NATURAL GLYCAN LIGANDS WILL BE PRESENT IN THE GLYCOME OF HUMAN SALIVA, THE NATURAL BIOLOGICAL FLUID IN WHICH THESE MICROORGANISMS THRIVE. THIS PHASE I PROJECT SHOULD PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A COMPLETE GLYCOME CAN BE USED AS A DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR IDENTIFYING A NOVEL PROTEIN-GLYCAN INTERACTION. ONCE THE DETAILS OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE GLYCAN LIGAND ARE DEFINED, THE INFORMATION WILL BECOME INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT WILL LEAD TO STRATEGIES TO THERAPEUTICALLY INTERFERE WITH MICROBIAL COLONIZATION OR PATHOGEN INFECTION IN THE MOUTH AND BEYOND. THIS PLATFORM FOR UNDERSTANDING THE INTERACTIONS OF ORAL MICROORGANISMS AND EXTRAORAL SYSTEMIC PATHOGENS WITH THE HUMAN MAY ULTIMATELY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL SALIVA, MORE CLOSELY MIMICKING THE GLYCAN LANDSCAPE OF NATURAL HUMAN SALIVA, AS ADDITION OF HUMAN MILK OLIGOSACCHARIDES HAS LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR IMPROVEMENT OF INFANT FORMULA.
Department of Education
$300.3K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Health and Human Services
$300K
NATURAL GLYCANS FOR FUNCTIONAL GLYCOMICS
Department of Health and Human Services
$293.6K
THE ROLE OF INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 4 PHOSPHATASE IN PLATELET FUNCTIONS
Department of Health and Human Services
$289.3K
A NATURAL GLYCAN ARRAY OF THE HUMAN MILK GLYCOME
Department of Health and Human Services
$285.5K
LARGE SCALE PREPARATION OF NATURAL GLYCANS
Department of Education
$267.1K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Health and Human Services
$247.4K
TARGETING REV-ERB REGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIA AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Department of Education
$238.7K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Education
$216.4K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM TITLE VIII SECTION 8003 AND SECTION 8007(A)
Department of Education
$215.3K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Education
$202.1K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM TITLE VIII SECTION 8003
Department of Education
$175.2K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM TITLE VIII SECTION 8003
Department of Agriculture
$174.7K
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A LOW-COST AND EASILY MANUFACTERED MODIFIED BIOCHAR THAT ADSORBS PLANT NUTRIENTS AND CAN ALSO BE USED IN SOIL AMENDMENT AND TO REMEDIATE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY-INDUCED DEAD-ZONES IN RECEIVING WATERS BY REMOVING PHOSPHATE AND NITRATE FROM AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF AND WASTEWATER STREAMS.DISCHARGES OF NUTRIENTS FROM SOIL AND WASTEWATER INTO WATERWAYS CAN RESULT IN DEAD ZONES IN THE WATER ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD DEPLOY AN AGRICULTURAL WASTE, RICE HUSK, THAT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO BIOCHAR WHICH IS SIMILAR TO CHARCOAL BUT HAS BEEN CHEMICALLY ENHANCED TO ADSORB POTENTIALLY DAMAGING NUTRIENTS BEFORE DISCHARGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CHEMISTRIES TO MODIFYTHE BIOCHAR HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND WILL BE THE JUMPING-OFF POINT FOR DEVELOPING MODIFICATION CHEMISTRIES. THE NUTRIENTS, PRIMARILY NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS, ONCE ADSORBED ONTO THE BIOCHAR COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SOIL ENVIRONMENT. UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONSIT WOULD ACT AS SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER FOR CROPS THUS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR COMMERCIAL, MINED AND IMPORTED FERTILIZERS. CONVERSION OF BIOMASS TO BIOCHAR REMOVES CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE, RESULTING IN STABLE CARBON THAT WON'T BREAK DOWN FOR HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF YEARS THUS REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASSES THAT LEAD TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE MODIFIED BIOCHAR CAN BE USED AS A SOIL AMENDMENT TO PREVENT NUTRIENT RUNOFF, WASTEWATER TREATMENT TO REMOVE NUTRIENTS FROM THE WASTEWATER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE RECEIVING WATER BODY, AS WELL AS MANY MORE APPLICATIONS.RICE HUSK BIOCHAR IS A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT THAT ACHIEVES NUMEROUS UNITED NATIONS (UN) SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. RICE IS THE SECONDMOST PRODUCED CROP IN THE WORLD PRODUCING MORE THAN 150 MILLION METRIC TONNES OF RICE HULLS ANNUALLY. THIS AGRICULTURAL WASTE IS OFTEN LEFT TO ROT OR BURNIN THE FIELD CONTRIBUTING TO CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHICH ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING. THE PRODUCTION OF BIOCHAR PULLS CARBON FROM THE NORMAL CARBON CYCLE AND SEQUESTERS IT WHICH REDUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. THE UN IPCC SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT ESTIMATES THAT THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF BIOCHAR COULD MITIGATE BETWEEN 1.8 TO 4.1 BILLION METRIC TONNES OF CO2 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE PER YEAR. THE GLANRIS BIOCARBON® BIOCHAR PYROLYSIS PROCESS SEQUESTERS ABOUT 50% OF THE CO2 THAT WOULD BE EMITTED TO THE ATMOSPHERE IF RICE HUSKSWERE BURNT. THE GLANRIS RHBC IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, CERTIFIED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BIOCHAR INITIATIVE (IBI) AS AN IBI CERTIFIED BIOCHAR, AND PROVIDES CARBON CREDITS VIA PURO•EARTH (HTTPS://PURO.EARTH). THUS, GLANRIS RHBC PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE MEDIA OPTION WITH AVAILABLE CARBON CREDITS RESULTING IN A SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT WITH A REDUCED CARBON FOOTPRINT.FUNDING FROM THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO CREATE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY.
Department of Education
$154.9K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VII, SECTION 7003
Department of Education
$154.1K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM TITLE VIII SECTION 8003
National Endowment for the Arts
$150K
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
National Science Foundation
$150K
SBIR PHASE I: LOW-COST TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER FOR SOIL WATER CONTENT REPORTING IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE
Department of Education
$147.3K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM TITLE VIII SECTION 8003
Department of Justice
$125K
THE COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) PROVIDES FUNDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HIRE AND/OR REHIRE ADDITIONAL CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THEIR COMMUNITY POLICING CAPACITY AND CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS. ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES OF CHP AWARDS INCLUDE ENGAGEMENT IN PLANNED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS TO ANALYZE AND ASSESS PROBLEMS, IMPLEMENTATION OF CHANGES TO PERSONNEL AND AGENCY MANAGEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY POLICING, AND INCREASED CAPACITY OF AGENCY TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY POLICING ACTIVITIES.
Department of Education
$108.4K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Agriculture
$100K
A NOVEL THERMO-TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER FOR UNPRECEDENTED SOIL PROPERTY DETERMINATION
Department of Agriculture
$99.4K
SOIL PROFILE WATER CONTENT SENSING SYSTEM BASED ON TDR
Department of Education
$95.9K
IMPACT AID PROGRAM, TITLE VIII, SECTION 8003
Department of Homeland Security
$79.9K
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT
Department of Agriculture
$78.8K
RBDG RURAL BUSINESS COOP RURAL ENTERPRISE GRANT
Department of Agriculture
$59.5K
COMMUNITY FACILITY 2019 DISASTER GRANTS - TORNADOES FLOODS OTHER
Department of Agriculture
$52.5K
RBDG RURAL BUSINESS COOP RURAL ENTERPRISE GRANT
National Endowment for the Arts
$50K
TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
Department of Agriculture
$48.3K
SEC. 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYS GRANTS (MAN)
Department of Agriculture
$42K
COMMUNITY FACILITY 2019 DISASTER GRANTS - TORNADOES FLOODS OTHER
Department of Agriculture
$35K
SEC. 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYS GRANTS (MAN)
Department of Education
$32.1K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$31.6K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$30.2K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
National Endowment for the Arts
$30K
TO SUPPORT THE THIRD PHASE OF THE WHY THEATER? INITIATIVE.
Department of Education
$24.7K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Agriculture
$20K
SEC 9007 REAP-RENEW ENERGY SYSTEMS GRANTS, $20,000 OR LESS (MAN)
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED BY MAY ADRALES.
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE WORLD PREMIERE OF RIP VAN WINKLE; OR CUT THE OLD MOON INTO STARS A NEW PLAY BY SETH BOCKLEY ADAPTED FROM THE STORY BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE PREMIERE OF "THE BOOK OF WILL" BY LAUREN GUNDERSON.
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF KEN LUDWIG'S UPDATED ADAPTATION OF DUMAS' "THE THREE MUSKETEERS."
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT "WHY THEATER?", AN OUTREACH INITIATIVE OFFERED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FESTIVAL'S PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S "ROMEO AND JULIET."
National Endowment for the Arts
$20K
TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S "HAMLET" DIRECTED BY FOUNDING DIRECTOR TERRENCE O'BRIEN.
Department of Education
$18.9K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$17.6K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$16.6K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$16.4K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$16.2K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$16K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$15.8K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$15.5K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$14.3K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$13.2K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$13.1K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$13.1K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$13.1K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$13K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$12K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
Department of Education
$11.9K
APPLICATION FOR SMALL RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM
National Endowment for the Arts
$10K
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE TENT POLE COMMISSIONING PROGRAM.
National Endowment for the Arts
$10K
PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE TENT POLE COMMISSIONING PROGRAM.
Department of Education
$8,603
SMALL, RURAL SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
Department of Health and Human Services
$0
HPSL - PHARMACY - PD CHANGES
Department of Homeland Security
-$30.4K
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT
Department of Health and Human Services
-$617K
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| Tax Year | Form Type | Source | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 990 | IRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing → |
| 2023 | 990-EZ | IRS e-File | PDF not yet published by IRSView Filing → |
| 2022 | 990 | IRS e-File |
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| 2021 | 990-EZ | — |