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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.

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

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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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on environmental grants and grants for youth programs.

Additional Resources

category - Education Grants

National Institutes of Health: Expanding the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in Human and Model Organisms
The National Institutes of Health, in cooperation with the National Human Genome Research Institute, has established a funding opportunity to support the Expanding the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in Human and Model Organisms project.

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Ethical Schools Project in Peru
The Ethical Schools Project revolves around the notion of promoting a culture of ethical behavior and civic responsibility among members of the youth, as well as teachers and parents. The project also aims to explore ways that would contribute to a reduction in corruption and other forms of illicit activities such as cocoa cultivation and illegal environmental degradation, which are both common practices in Peru.

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Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program
In keeping with this mission, the National Institutes of Food and Agriculture has recently established the Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program in an attempt to conduct agricultural research studies that address high priority concerns of tribal, national, or multistate significance.

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Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Program
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has established a funding opportunity to support the Museum Grants for African American History and Culture Program wherein they intend to provide the African American museum staff with added knowledge and ability in all the areas of management, operations, programming, collections care, and other museum skills.

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