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The Live Your Dream Awards provide monetary assistance to women who provide the primary source of financial support for their families. It is the cornerstone program of Soroptimist International of the Americas, LiveYourDream.org's sponsoring organization. Each year, more than $3 million in education grants are awarded to over 2,300 women, many of whom have overcome enormous obstacles including poverty, domestic violence, the death of a spouse and/or substance abuse.

Purpose: RUST loans may be used to finance up to 100 percent of the costs necessary to upgrade, remove or replace project tanks, including corrective actions, to meet applicable local state, or federal standards, including, but not limited to, any design, construction, monitoring, operation, or maintenance requirements adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 25284.1, 25292.05, 25292.4, or 41954. Description: Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks (RUST) loans are available to assist small business underground storage tank (UST) owners and operators in financing up to 100 percent of the costs necessary to upgrade, remove, or replace project tanks, including corrective actions, to meet applicable local, state, or federal standards, including, but not limited to, any design, construction, monitoring, operation, or maintenance requirements adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 25284.1, 25292.05, 25292.4, or 41954.

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to solicit applications for pilot projects to elucidate a role for understudied proteins in rare disease. Awards will support generation of preliminary data and/or tools around eligible understudied protein(s). A list of eligible proteins is provided and are members of druggable protein families that have a known association with a rare disease. This NOFO is intended to jumpstart research on understudied proteins that are associated with rare diseases and provide applicants with sufficient funding to perform basic biochemical and/or biological work to further the characterization of understudied proteins within the context of rare disease.

The Maryland MADE grant program provides grants to small Maryland manufacturers to invest in the adoption and deployment of smart manufacturing and high-performance manufacturing technologies that will increase energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and enable lasting improvements.

The ACDC Business Improvement Grant provides existing Atchison County, Missouri businesses with reimbursed matching grants of up to $2,500 to fund improvement projects that support business growth and development. Administered by the Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) and funded through the county's quarter-cent economic development sales tax, the program offers two funding levels: a Basic grant, which reimburses up to 50% of eligible improvement costs to a maximum of $1,000, and a 2.0 grant, which reimburses up to one-third of eligible costs to a maximum of $2,500. Since 2013, the program has assisted with more than 182 projects, leveraging ACDC funds to complete over $1 million in business improvements countywide. Any Atchison County business that is current on taxes and licensure may apply, with businesses eligible for one ACDC grant per location every three years. Projects must be approved before work begins, and grants are issued as reimbursements after completion. Applications are reviewed by a grant committee on a monthly basis and accepted in the order received until all available funds have been awarded.