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By John Nickerson, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Sep. 16--The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, the town of Westport and Stamford-Based SoundWaters are among five organizations awarded a total of $117,900 for Long Island Sound conservation projects.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 4--The Fountain Creek Vision Task Force has applied for a $75,000 grant through the Arkansas Basin Roundtable to pay for a professional facilitator in its quest to develop a master plan for future action on Fountain Creek.
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By Bob Schwarz, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 17--The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation has approved roughly $201,000 in grants for 15 land-use and recreation projects in its third-quarter granting cycle.
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Looking to boost the use of home electronics, company  provides funding to three companies.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--An alliance of coastal communities along the Grand Strand could band together to request around $120 million in federal funding to address the problem of stormwater runoff.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 18--A proposed federal farm bill could see some local farmers losing their subsidies and others gaining much needed dollars for research, development and marketing.
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An eclectic blues musician, an artist who draws on barrels and a biologist who studies spider silks were among 24 scholars, scientists and artists given no-strings $500,000 "genius" grants, a foundation announced on Tuesday.
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By Tony Henderson  A new fund is expected to become a major source of backing for green projects in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.   Nearly pounds 500,000 has been pledged, with priority given to practical projects which have the greatest environmental impact.
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By Mark Ginocchio And Doug Dalena, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 14--Millions of dollars worth of transportation, environmental and public safety projects in lower Fairfield County could lose federal funding if a congressional Democratic budget proposal is approved.
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OTTAWA -- Ad agencies were set up with federally financed slush funds to cut through red tape and speed up the awarding of grants, says the former head of the federal sponsorship program.
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By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer  Anything can be engineered to work, it just depends on whether enough money is available, a local official of the Army Corps of Engineers said.
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A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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The company announces a new program called FBFund to provide grants to developers who are interested in creating applications for the Facebook Platform.
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Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman will announce grants totaling  $32.7 million at an awards ceremony June 28 to help fund 35 statewide  river parkway projects. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at Middle  Sunrise Park at Sunrise Boulevard and South Bridge Street in Rancho  Cordova.
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The grants aim to provide the rural poor with better seeds, healthier soil and access to new markets for their crops.
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By Anonymous  The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service has made available up to $800,000 for projects in Colorado through Conservation Innovation Grants in fiscal year 2007.
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Government announces grants to help local authorities affected by recent floods.