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The program is also strategically aiming to determine if the same problem-solving techniques can also be utilized to help children overcome and cope with stressful environments and social issues such as bullying and other forms of emotional abuse.

For the fiscal years 2011 to 2012, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has allocated an estimated budget in the amount of $25,000,000 to support the ENGAGE program.

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The following organizations and institutions will be deemed eligible to take part in the ENGAGE program:

a) Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Minority Institutions

b) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers and Government entities including but not limited to military educational institutions.

Despite these guidelines, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will still consider eligibility submissions on a case-by-case basis.

The Department of Defense, the primary agency funding the ENGAGE: Learning to Solve Problems, Solving Problems to Learn program, is the country's leading agency that is mainly responsible for protecting the security of the United States through five major areas, such as peacekeeping and war-fighting efforts, Homeland Security, evacuation and humanitarian causes.

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ENGAGE: Learning to Solve Problems, Solving Problems to Learn
The ENGAGE program is initially seeking to uncover proposals for innovative research studies that would lead young students to be more "engaged" in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM).

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Financing Your Education - Work Study Opportunities
The Federal Work-Study Program assists those undergraduate postsecondary students that cannot afford their educational expenses without financial assistance by providing them with part-time employment. Not only does the Federal Work-Study Program provide part-time employment, it also encourages these students to participate in community service activities.

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What's this I Hear About a Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
Are you struggling to get through school financially but not sure where to turn next? Have you exhausted loan options but are sick of paying large fees just to apply for the loan and being turned down anyway at the end? You will be glad to find out that that there are cost-free Federal Student Aid applications available to you.

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