Best in class: Atlanta WINGS
programs awarded $ 1million + in grants The Atlanta Journal - Constitution July 2014
Bio-Techne's Go Everywhere Travel Grant
Program awards $ 1000 USD (or equivalent) to one researcher each month to attend the meeting of their choice.
The 1996 - 97 school incentive
program awarded $ 5 million to 301 schools, according to State Superintendent of Education Barbara S. Nielsen.
This year's state grant
program awarded $ 125 million in new grants to eight states.
Not exact matches
German shipbuilder Lurssen has
awarded Civmec a key contract for the Royal Australian Navy offshore patrol vessels, which are being built as part of a
$ 3.6 billion federal government
program.
Henderson - based Austal has secured a
$ 29.7 million contract to build two additional Pacific patrol boats on top of an existing
$ 305 million federal government
program, days after German shipbuilder Lurssen
awarded Civmec a key contract for the Royal Australian Navy offshore patrol vessels.
Cleveland has also benefited from a new government
program that has
awarded more than
$ 160 million in tax credits to the city's development projects, leveraging almost
$ 1.5 billion in redevelopment, according to CBRE, a commercial real estate services company.
For example, the Huggies ® MomInspired ™ Grant
Program awards moms up to
$ 15,000 in seed money, as well as business resources, to further the development of original product ideas and startup businesses.
Two Perth - based startups have been
awarded federal grants totalling about
$ 815,000 to help bring their products to market, as part of the national Accelerating Commercialisation (AC)
program.
Last year at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, Nadal
awarded $ 1 - million startup funding for an advanced
program in New York called the Digital Works Institute.
Shipbuilder Austal says it will be
awarded a
$ US14.4 million contract modification in support of the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship
program.
They call it the Living the Dream Fund, and since its 2009 revamp, the
program has
awarded about
$ 1.2 million to American wrestlers, according to The Times.
It is worth noting that businesses can apply for either type of disaster loan assistance, but they can be
awarded no more than a total of
$ 1.5 million from the two
programs unless they qualify as a major source of employment for the region in which they operate.
The Darden School of Business offers one of the top MBA entrepreneurship
programs among b - schools,
awarding over
$ 1 million in scholarships annually and offering highly specialized training like Venture Capital Bootcamp, a three - day workshop focused on early - stage investing.
Why He's One to Watch: Biswas, 26, has raised
$ 25 million from Google and Sequoia Capital; has won an
award at Davos; and has elicited praise from Nicholas Negroponte, the head of the One Laptop per Child
program.
This week, the SBA announced that it granted 20
awards of
$ 95,000 each, for a total of almost
$ 2 million, to technology - driven small - business support
programs, according to a statement from the agency.
Since 1990, foreign investors from China, Canada and the Middle East have invested more than
$ 6.8 billion in American businesses, been
awarded 29,000 U.S. Visas, and created thousands of American jobs through the EB - 5 Immigrant Investor
Program.
Chase today re-launched its Google - sponsored Mission Main Street Grants
program, which
awards 20 U.S. small businesses with
$ 150,000 grants.
In addition to
$ 30,000 in seed money, the Alabama contest
awarded them
$ 50,000 worth of web -
programming services, three months of free office space and mentorship on everything from honing their business model to incorporating.
Four local building companies have won the first batch of contracts to be
awarded by the state government under its
$ 265 million «Year 7» building
program.
In May, Gardner Denver Holdings Inc., a maker of gas compressors and vacuum systems, went public and
awarded shares worth a total
$ 100 million to about 6,000 employees who weren't already included in the company's equity
program, including hourly workers and customer service and sales staff.
Approximately
$ 2.5 billion is
awarded through this
program each year.
The remaining
$ 8 million will support various projects including the undergraduate Commerce
program; the School's
award - winning magazine; the construction of an expansion of the School; and ongoing academic research activities.
The
program will
award $ 5,000 each year and will be renewable for up to four years of the selected student's college education.
In her article about alternatives to small business loans for women, small business expert Susan Solovic details several grants available for women - owned businesses, including the SBA's InnovateHER
program, which
awards a
$ 70,000 grant to a recipient whose business is focused on innovation.
The Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation announced the creation of the
$ 25 million fund allocated to the
Awards in March 2006, and named MaRS as the administrator of the
program.
RBOptions VIP account (Initial deposit
$ 100,000 +)-- With this account level an investor will get all the perks associated with the previous levels plus such things as
$ 10,000 in
award bonuses to trade with, up to
$ 10,000 in sign up bonuses, and access to an actual VIP member only mentorship
program.
OneStar Foundation was
awarded $ 50k grant to add an additional staff member to their disaster services
program with work dedicated to supporting long - term recovery efforts across the state of Texas.
WACO, Texas (November 6, 2014)-- The Dwyer Group, one of the world's largest franchising companies of trade service brands, has surpassed
$ 2.3 million in discounts to military veterans who have been
awarded a franchise through the VetFran
program.
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan gave more than
$ 970 million worth of Facebook stock to The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, an organization that serves the needs of two counties in northern California and
awards grants to community
programs in countries around the world.
The Humanitas
Award provides
$ 10,000 for the best
program each year that stresses ethical principles and eschews gratuitous violence.
The Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion
Program awarded over
$ 26 million in competitive grants, divided equally between the Farmers Market Promotion
Program (FMPP) and the Local Food Promotion
Program (LFPP).
«Our 2016 University Combos Promotion helped raise
$ 150,000 in university scholarships and was recognized as «
Program of the Year» at the SME San Juan Marketing
Awards last October,» Perez says.
In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many
programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a
$ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree
program,
awarding more than
$ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.
To support the Sustainable Winegrowing
Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has
awarded a
$ 475,000 matching fund grant for the development of air and water quality innovations.
Each quarter, Allegro Coffee (the wholly - owned coffee subsidiary of Whole Foods Markets) highlights an exceptional, limited - release coffee through their Special Reserve
Program, and
awards the producer
$ 10,000.
Millions In USDA Export Funds Now Available To Ag / Wine Trade Associations: In Fiscal Year 2015 the USDA's Market Access
Program awarded more than
$ 173 million to 62 American agricultural trade associations for export trade activities.
The Origin Direct
program (formerly Special Reserve) picks an outstanding source every quarter and
awards the producers
$ 10,000 to support community projects.
New Ground - Breaking Report Documents California Sustainable Winegrowing Practices: USDA
Awards $ 475,000 Grant To
Program
CA Department of Food and Agriculture
awards CSWA a
$ 125,000 grant for a two - year project to develop a voluntary certification for the Sustainable Winegrowing
Program to speed adoption of sustainable practices (2008)
270 scholarships have been
awarded through the National Restaurant Association's ProStart
program with donations of more than
$ 160,000.
The Cousins Subs ® Make It Better Foundation has
awarded $ 4,000 to three local charities — Hope Center of Waukesha, the Severson Sisters — Super Girl
Program of Menomonee Falls and the Friends of Saint Catherine Residence of Milwaukee.
Great Divide Brewing Company has been
awarded a
$ 16,000 grant to launch a recycling
program in the RiNo neighborhood.
Now in its ninth year, the Best Teen Chef Competition
awards more than
$ 250,000 in tuition scholarships for degree
programs at The Art Institutes to high - school seniors in the U.S. and Canada.
In Phase Two, which will began in August 2015, the Institute will be
awarded an additional
$ 75,000 to work with the NCAA and DOD to actually design a prototype educational
program to increase understanding of the critical importance of honest and early self - reporting by student - athletes of concussion symptoms in the diagnosis and management of concussions.
The Institute was one of just six winners (of a possible ten) in Phase One of the Educational
Programs Challenge, for which it was
awarded a
$ 25,000 cash prize for its proposal to create a multi-media concussion education intervention designed to create an environment in which student - athletes are not penalized, ostracized, or criticized for honestly reporting their own concussion symptoms as well as those of teammates but are actually encouraged to do so.
Approximately 400 schools will be
awarded funds — ranging from
$ 1000 -
$ 5000 — along with in - kind contributions from AHK in the form of people,
programs, and school breakfast and physical activity experts.
LINCOLN, MA — The Massachusetts Cultural Council recently
awarded Mass Audubon's Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary in Topsfield a
$ 119,000 grant that will ensure the completion of the first phase of a renovation / expansion
program to enhance the visitor experience at one of Essex County's most popular destinations.
In partnership with CSX Transportation, Kellogg Company, Kellogg's Company Fund, and the Walmart Foundation, around 1100 schools will be
awarded funds — ranging from
$ 500 to
$ 5000 — to support school breakfast and physical activity
programs.
Project Produce Fruit & Veggie Grants Sponsor: Chef Ann Foundation
Award Package:
$ 2,500 Who qualifies: Public K - 12 schools or school districts participating in the National School Lunch
Program Application deadline: None -
awards made on a rolling basis Full details, criteria, and application