UM Professors Push For State-Based Grants for Students
As the University of Montana struggles with budget cuts and layoffs, a group called the UM Advocacy Coalition is urging the State of Montana to find a better way to fund its universities.
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UM Receives $435,000 Grant To Continue Elk Study
University of Montana Professor Mark Hebblewhite recently received a $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to continue the world’s longest running elk study.
Opportunity Resources Receives Large Grant, Will Improve Opportunity Ranch in Frenchtown
Opportunity Resources, based in Missoula, recently received a $152,000 grant from the Louis L. Borick Foundation to expand the Opportunity Ranch in Frenchtown. CEO of Opportunity Resources, Jesse Dunn, hopes to create a space for individuals of all abilities to enjoy.
UM Program Wins Grant For Geriatric Health Care Education
July 13th at the Whitehouse Conference on Aging, the Montana Geriatric Education Center at the University of Montana was awarded a grant of $163,000 which can be renewed for an additional two years to total $2.1M.
USDA Looking for Applicants in Rural Communities to Expand Economic Development in Montana
USDA Rural Development State Director Anthony Preite announced today that the USDA is seeking applications for grants to support rural community economic development.
No Kid Hungry Grants Almost $60,000 to 16 Montana Schools to Expand Breakfast Programs
16 Montana schools were awarded grants today to help take a very important first step towards the health and future of their students and their communities.
Montana Overhauls Tourism Grant Process With New $1 Million Pool
The Montana Department of Tourism is restructuring its grant program for incentivizing tourism in Montana. Department spokesman Daniel Iverson says the old system was much more complicated.
MDT Awards Grant Money Across the State in Effort to Reach Vision Zero
The Montana Department of Transportation awarded more than $143,000 in equipment grants for law enforcement jurisdictions to support Vision Zero, the initiative to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on Montana roads. More than $20,000 stayed right here in the Garden City...
VA Announces New Grants to Help End Veteran Homelessness – $6 Million Award Headed to Northwest Montana
On Tuesday, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald awarded nearly 93 million dollars in Supportive Services for Veteran Families 3-year grants that will help approximately 45,000 homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families. $6 million of that was awarded right here in the Treasure State.
150 Years Ago, Lee Surrenders to Grant
EDITOR'S NOTE: When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, standing with other war correspondents in the front yard was William Downs MacGregor of The Associated Press.