Furthermore, precedents for this have been set by both the GI bill in the 1940s (which offered demobilised soldiers a college education) and more recently the Pell Grants (offering disadvantaged students a state-funded college place).
At the start of this year, it announced that it would focus on "staying connected" grants, offering $2 in matching funds for every dollar raised locally, in communities struggling to pay to upgrade equipment and retain Internet service.
Behind the scenes, Grants.gov is a consortium of 26 grant-offering agencies (including NSF) that contribute funds, and sometimes staff, to keep the site operational.
Granted, offering opinions — even on matters that may not fall within his explicit constitutional remit — is very much a part of the president's job description.
Scott County, in Kentucky horse country, has started a grant program offering matching funds of up to 50percentt of the cost of historic stone wall repair, up to $1,000 a project annually.
Manoa is a comprehensive land-, seand and space-grant university offering a wide range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including doctorates in more than 50 fields.
A federal research group recommended that companies receive tax credits and grants for offering high-speed Internet services, particularly in rural areas.
But in trying to fend off the pleas for assistance, the administration is in the awkward position of having to explain why it violated its own principle by granting or offering assistance to two economically important and politically powerful industries, airlines and insurers, in the weeks after the attacks.
Bristow plans on granting stock offering underwriters an option to purchase up to 615,000 additional shares.
It runs training courses and has a grants committee offering funding for research projects in the fields of brewing, distilling, and malting.
