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An Apple with a Purpose: Opal® Apple Announces “Youth Make a Difference” Initiat...

1/16/2013 10:30 AM EST - Golden Sun Marketing

Growers of new apple variety seek charities to benefit from 2013 crop sales
YAKIMA, Wash. – January 15, 2013 – FirstFruits Marketing, growers of the widely acclaimed Opal® apple, is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations to benefit from 2013 Opal sales as part of the “Youth Make a Difference” Initiative, a campaign designed to provide...

Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation Opens Grant Process

9/28/2012 2:05 PM EST - Golden Sun Marketing

Offering Funds for Eligible Breast Cancer Research Organizations
Rocky Ford, CO., September 2012 – The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, announced today that it is accepting applications through November 2, 2012 from parties interested in receiving funds for breast cancer research.

The Pink Pumpkin Patch Foundation is comprised of America's leading pumpkin growers, who have...

Linde Oregon plant receives grant from County to create jobs

5/30/2012 12:00 PM EST - Linde North America

Medford, Oregon, US, May 30, 2012 -- Linde Electronics and Specialty Gases has received a $12,000 grant from Jackson County to help create six new jobs at the Linde plant in Medford, Oregon. The grant is part of the County’s Economic Action Initiative (EAI) program, and Linde’s application was recently approved by the...

Student scientific program gets boost from two national foundations

4/10/2012 10:54 AM EST - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

“These grants help expand our program by supporting additional interns to engage in an international research environment with a diverse set of research areas,” Dr. Leslie Hicks, Principle Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
ST. LOUIS, MO, April 10, 2012 – The National Science Foundation(NSF) and The Hearst...

£5000 up for grabs for local sporting or active leisure group

1/16/2012 6:45 AM EST - ICG PR

Today sees the launch of a campaign that will result in a local youth sporting or active leisure organisation being awarded a massive £5000 grant.
The campaign, which is being run by The Mall Blackburn as part of its Mall Cares initiative, is aimed at rewarding the hard work of teams, charities or companies that promote exercise and a healthy lifestyle as well as providing excellent sporting activities for the...

Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded Major Bioenergy Grant from U.S. Department...

10/11/2011 10:33 AM EST - Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Grant Supports Expansion of Research in Enterprise Institute for Renewable Fuels
ST. LOUIS, MO, October 11, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $5.5 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to develop the oilseed plant camelina (Camelina sativa) as a sustainable source of biofuel. Sixty grants, totaling $156 million, were awarded by the...

Diamyd awarded three million dollar grant and expands the NTTDS portfolio

9/12/2011 2:30 AM EST - Mertiva AB

Diamyd Medical AB with collaborators has received a three million dollar grant from the US National Institutes of Health to develop the Company’s patented Nerve Targeting Drug Delivery System (NTDDS) for prevention of Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. The grant allows Diamyd to expand the NTDDS technology to also target neuropathy, in addition to the Company’s development portfolio for the treatment of...

Halton Foundation grants promote better indoor air around the world

9/9/2011 9:08 AM EST - Halton Group

Halton Foundation’s grant application period has started
Halton Foundation supports non-profit organisations and initiatives that promote wellbeing of people suffering from poor indoor environmental quality for environmental or economic conditions. Halton Foundation welcomes now new applications. Decision on grants will be made in November 2011.

Halton Foundation is a charity organisation that promotes...

£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST - Lantra

A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...

Supporting the Skills of Wales’ Women

7/18/2011 7:15 AM EST - Lantra

For Immediate Release
Supporting the Skills of Wales’ Women

Fifty women working in Wales’ land-based industries will benefit from a £400 training grant from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project, which is being offered in Wales for the first time.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in...

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