The National Science Foundation, another arm of the government, is issuing rapid grants to finance academic teams, including the one aboard the Walton Smith.
"We're here to support the customer, and he has an urgent need," said Col. Anthony Bell, a spokesman for the occupation on contracting issues, explaining the rationale for the rapid granting of contracts.
North Star Fund recently gave a 'Rapid Response' grant to a group of postal workers, Community Labor United for Postal Jobs & Services (CLUPJS), which is mobilizing employees and community members to organize against the closings and demonstrate at public hearings.
True, the National Science Foundation has a rapid-response grant program that has been a lifeline to independent researchers, dispersing more than $14 million to 90 short-term research projects associated with the disaster.
An ambitious new study is about to start thanks to a rapid-response grant from the National Science Foundation.
Two groups of scientists, funded by NSF rapid response grants, have been looking for changes in abundance of tiny crab larvae as they swim to estuaries along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
