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The proceeds generated form the sales of the Research Set-Aside quota will then be utilized to fund the 2012 Atlantic Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program, a program which aims to enhance the knowledge of the scallop fishery resource and address scallop research priorities identified by the New England Fishery Management Council.

To know more about this program, visit Topgovernmentgrants.com or go to the Grants.gov website.

Interested applicants will be deemed eligible to apply if they are any of the following:

a) institutions of higher education

b) hospitals

c) nonprofits organizations

d) commercial organizations

e) individuals

f) state governments

g) local governments

h) Native American tribal governments

The Department of Commerce, the primary agency heading the 2012 Scallop Research Set-Aside Program, is the US government's leading agency responsible for promoting the nation's economic development and technological advances through their vigilance in international trade policies, domestic business policies and economic progress.

The 2012 Scallop Research Set-Aside Program is essential to the agencies that established it because it enables them to gather pertinent data that is vital in further understanding scallop fishery resources and at the same time it also allows them to address concerns regarding scallop research priorities.

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