11.   This year, the church received its first grant under charitable choice.

12.   Six weeks later, he landed his first research grant.

13.   The Clinton administration has approved its first direct grant to an Iraqi opposition group it hopes will help overthrow President Saddam Hussein.

14.   The first grants from the National Institutes of Health are expected this spring.

15.   The National Institutes of Health is prepared to award this spring the first federal grants for studies with just those lab-grown stem cells.

16.   The National Institutes of Health is prepared to award this spring the first federal grants for studies with lab-grown stem cells.

17.   In addition to the administrative grants, the first grants for specific research on stem cells should be announced in late May or early June, US officials said.

18.   This year China offered three million dollars in military aid to Thailand, the first such grant ever between the two countries.