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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

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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Centers for Oceans and Human Health
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has recently established a funding opportunity entitled Centers for Oceans and Human Health which provide linkages between members of ocean sciences and biomedical communities in the hopes of supporting interdisciplinary studies in areas where thorough understanding of marine processes and ecosystems harbor the potential to reduce public health risks.

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Origin-Destination Database of Border Traffic Flows for Transportation Planning
The Federal Highway Administration has recently announced a cooperative agreement entitled, Origin-Destination Database of Border Traffic Flows for Transportation Planning, to support Ontario's Ministry of Transportation in conducting training workshops focused on data collection, and the process of understanding and maximizing the use of the data collected.

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
NASA has recently established the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program for the year 2011, which encourages interested institutions to submit proposals that involve ground-based research and technology investigations that seek to comprehend naturally occurring phenomena, both in the Earth and in space.

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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative: National Institute of Food and Agriculture Fellowships Grant Program
The Agriculture and Food Research Initiative grant program revolves around the premise of providing funds to both fundamental and applied research studies, education, and extension that would hopefully address concerns related to food and agricultural sciences.

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