In the United States, federal grants are economic aid issued by the United States government out of the general federal revenue. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. Grants are federal assistance to individuals, benefits or entitlements. A grant is not used to acquire property or services for the federal government's direct benefit.
Cnidarians are said to be the simplest organisms at the tissue grade of organization. Their cells are organized into true tissues. Cnidarians are essentially bags made of two cell layers. The outer layer, or epidermis, contains the cnidocysts, the stinging cells that are characteristic of the phylum.nidarians are said to be the simplest organisms at the tissue grade of organization. Their cells are organized into true tissues. Cnidarians are essentially bags made of two cell layers. The outer layer, or epidermis, contains the cnidocysts, the stinging cells that are characteristic of the phylum.
Many cnidarian species produce colonies that are single organisms composed of medusa-like or polyp-like zooids, or both. Cnidarians' activities are coordinated by a decentralized nerve net and simple receptors. Several free-swimming Cubozoa and Scyphozoa possess balance-sensing statocysts, and some have simple eyes.ossil cnidarians have been found in rocks formed about 580 million years ago, and other fossils show that corals may have been present shortly before 490 million years ago and diversified a few million years later. Fossils of cnidarians that do not build mineralized structures are very rare.