11.   The grant helped make a small dent in the difference.

12.   The grant helped the company win credibility, go public and get important technology to market, Smith said.

13.   The grants would help pay for local infrastructure improvements and security to make the areas more attractive.

14.   The grants helped both institutions become better established.

15.   The labs are hoping that a new state grant will help fund more criminalists for DNA testing.

16.   The official said federal grants may help police officers fulfill requirements that many urban jurisdictions have tried to impose, requiring officers to live within the cities they police.

17.   Another planned grant would have helped India modernize its hospitals, the official said on condition of anonymity.

18.   Bob Young, executive director of the nonprofit organization Healthy Connections in Mena, said the grant will help volunteer groups continue their work to help seniors.

19.   Foster parents will get small grants to help pay for the care of foster children.

20.   Grants have helped private advocacy groups and nonpartisan groups that want to dispatch poll watchers to assure honest elections.