MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:             Friday, May 12, 2006

SUBJECT:     FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

The table below lists federal agency grant funding opportunities open to public and/or private higher education institutions which have been announced in the last week.  To get more information about a particular opportunity, click on the “Opportunity Title”.

Open Date

Opportunity Title

Agency

Funding Number

05/05/2006 

Northeast Diesel Collaborative Emissions Reductions: Clean School Bus USA and Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program (NEDC Emissions Reductions)  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-R1-NEDC-2006 

05/05/2006 

Global Research Initiative Program, Basic/Biomedical Sciences (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-394 

05/05/2006 

Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-387 

05/05/2006 

ONR Industry Day for Science and Technology efforts in support of the family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles  

Office of Naval Research

ONR-BAA-INDUSTRY-DAY 

05/08/2006 

Secondary Analysis of Data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW)  

Administration for Children and Families

HHS-2006-ACF-OPRE-PH-0095 

05/08/2006 

Childhood Agricultural Safety and Health Research  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

RFA-OH-07-002 

05/08/2006 

International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-TW-06-006 

05/08/2006 

Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-395 

05/08/2006 

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC (LITC)  

US Department of the Treasury

TREAS-GRANTS-052007-001 

05/09/2006 

Fate and Effects of Hormones in Waste From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOS)  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-G2006-STAR-M1 

05/09/2006 

Developmental Projects in Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-400 

05/09/2006 

In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Centers (ICMICs)[P50]  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-406 

05/09/2006 

Novel Technologies For In Vivo Imaging (R21/R33)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-398 

05/09/2006 

Novel Technologies For In Vivo Imaging (R33)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-399 

05/09/2006 

Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-404 

05/09/2006 

Studies of Energy Balance and Cancer in Humans (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-405 

05/09/2006 

The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-401 

05/09/2006 

The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-402 

05/09/2006 

The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-403 

05/10/2006 

Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives  

Rural Business Cooperative Service

RDRB-06-03-REIC 

05/11/2006 

Directed Stem Cell Differentiation for Cell-Based Therapies for Heart, Lung, and Blood, and Aging Diseases (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-407 

05/11/2006 

Implicating Noncoding RNAs in the Genetics of Mental Disorders (Collaborative R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-MH-07-041 

05/11/2006 

Implicating Noncoding RNAs in the Genetics of Mental Disorders (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-MH-07-040 

NOTE:

Only those opportunities characterized as “grants”, in which the eligibility

 field specifically includes “Public and State controlled institutions of higher education” and/or “Private institutions of higher education” are included in this report.  For broader or more focused searches, visit http://www.grants.gov/search/advanced.do.