USDA assigns Puerto Rico $120K to repair rural housing
October 29, 2015
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is investing $3.7 million to help rural families repair and rehabilitate their homes across 46 states and Puerto Rico, where 10 towns will equally split $120,280.
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USDA announces funding to repair rural area homes
August 17, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Home Repair Program is offering qualifying rural homeowners the opportunity to apply for loans and grants to repair their dwellings, agency officials announced.
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P.R. gets nearly $14M in federal funds for projects
August 10, 2015
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is allocating $10.1 million to Puerto Rico under four separate grant programs.
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Puerto Rico gets $180K for reemployment services
June 30, 2015
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday it has awarded $80 million to workforce agencies in 44 states and in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia to provide re-employment and eligibility assessments.
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Toyota Foundation opens environmental grant cycle
June 29, 2015
The Toyota Foundation recently opened this year’s environmental grant cycle, allocating $100,000 to subsidize the work of several community-based and nonprofit organizations focused on environmental issues.
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USDA opens app cycle for $100M biofuels infrastructure
June 15, 2015
Following an announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in May, the Commodity Credit Corporation announced that all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. may apply for up to $100 million in grants under the Biofuels Infrastructure Partnership.
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USDA has $10.4M to expand rural econ. development
May 26, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced it has some $10.4 million in funding available for grants to support rural community economic development.
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Science Trust grants $1.8M to 12 local scientific projects
April 22, 2015
The development of new drugs against malaria, the creation of hybrid technologies to further communications and aviation, as well as advances in biotechnology to purify water, are several of the initiatives that will be made possible thanks to the awarding of grants for 12 scientific projects, given by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust.
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USDA opens call for $28M in grants for rural businesses
March 31, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the availability of $28 million for grants to support rural businesses to help create jobs across the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.
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Medtronic grants $300K in health funds to local entities
March 2, 2015
As part of its 40th anniversary celebration on the island, Medtronic Puerto Rico awarded $300,000 in health grants to five Puerto Rican nonprofit entities to support them in their quest to increase access to the treatment of chronic diseases in disadvantaged communities.
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Ford grants $40K for environmental conservation
December 11, 2014
Ten Puerto Rican nonprofit organizations will be expanding their environmental conservation efforts this year after being awarded a total of $40,000 through Ford Motor Company’s Environmental Grants Program.
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PR Tech Corridor gets $7M grant to curb unemployment
October 16, 2014
The Puerto Rico Technoeconomic Corridor in Mayagüez has been selected to receive more than $7 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor to join the effort to help curb long-term unemployment.
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Puerto Rico Agriculture Dept. lands $524K USDA grant
October 3, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday a round of funding to strengthen markets for specialty crops, such as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops, which will benefit Puerto Rico with a $524,511 grant to the Agriculture Department.
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Call for researchers a ‘success,’ says Science Trust
October 1, 2014
The recent call by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, for local researchers to opt for grants in various areas generated “great enthusiasm” among scientists and researchers from the island, to the point that 234 letters of intent received exceeded the projected amount the entity expected to receive by 200 percent.
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USDA opens call for grants to boost rural area economies
August 28, 2014
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday that the agency is seeking applications for grants that will be awarded to organizations to provide critical financial and technical assistance to recipients to develop and strengthen their capacity to carry out housing, community facilities and community and economic development projects.
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