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Among all of the grants and programs of the DOE, the following are the most widely known and recognized:

1) State Energy Program (SEP) - The SEP is geared towards enabling participating States to develop strategies and goals that would address their foremost energy priorities. The SEP will work towards providing financial and technical assistance to theses States by way of grants and cooperative agreements.

2) Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program - This program is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It intends to deploy the cleanest, cheapest, and most reliable energy technologies that are available in the market today.

3) Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) - The WAP will work in a way that will allow the DOE to provide funding to States, US overseas territories, and Indian tribal governments in an effort to help these institutions improve the energy performance in the dwellings of their needy constituents, thereby reducing their energy bill and making their homes more energy efficient.

The Department of Energy also provides loan programs to help eligible applicants address our nation's existing economic conditions.

Interested researchers or principal investigators are encouraged to visit the DOE website at http://energy.gov/ in order to read more about its programs and services.

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Additional Resources

category - Civic Engagement Grants

Enhancing Awareness of Transportation and Transportation Careers Program
The Federal Highway Administration has recently established the Enhancing Awareness of Transportation and Transportation Careers Program wherein it seeks to solicit applications from eligible entities who have the desire to utilize the advances in technology in the noble process of informing and teaching middle school, high school and community college students and faculties regarding transportation and transportation careers.

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Family Planning Services Grants
OPHS has recently established a funding opportunity entitled Family Planning Services Grants, a program wherein the OPHS, along with the HHS, will award grants to eligible individuals who seek to operate voluntary family planning services projects that would provide family planning services to everyone who desires to avail of such services, including low-income families in under-served areas.

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National Science Foundation: Ocean Acidification
The Ocean Acidification Program is geared towards the acquisition of a better understanding of the potentially adverse effects of slowly acidifying oceans.

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2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition
The Economic Development Administration has recently established the 2012 University Center Economic Development Program Competition wherein they intend to solicit grant applications from higher education institutions stating their intent to establish and operate special University Centers that are focused on leveraging university assets in order to create regional economic ecosystems that will support high-growth entrepreneurship.

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