MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:             Monday, June 05, 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

06/02/2006 

Research On The Reduction And Prevention Of Suicidality (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-438 

06/02/2006 

Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Community Access Program  

Administration for Children and Families

HHS-2006-ACF-OFA-FR-0144 

06/02/2006 

Archives Leadership Institute  

National Archives and Records Administration

NHPRC-ARCHIVESLEADERSHIP-06 

06/02/2006 

Drug Abuse Dissertation Research: Epidemiology, Prevention, Treatment, Services, and Women and Sex/Gender Differences (R36)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-446 

06/02/2006 

Strategies to Promote Employment in Transit Construction Projects by Members of Minority and Low-income Communities  

DOT/Federal Transit Administration

DOT-FTA-EMPL 

06/02/2006 

Research and Demonstration Projects to assess the impacts of transportation planning and investment operations have on minority and low-income populations.  

DOT/Federal Transit Administration

DOT-FTA-PLAN 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Improving Employment Outcomes for the Low Functioning Deaf (LFD) Population (84.133A-12)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-005 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center (MSKTC) (84.133A-9)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-002 

06/02/2006 

Historical Documentary Editing Fellowships  

National Archives and Records Administration

NHPRC-EDITINGFELLOWSHIP-06 

06/02/2006 

Digitizing Historical Records  

National Archives and Records Administration

NHPRC-DIGITIZATIONPILOT-06 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Rehabilitation of Children with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (84.133A-10)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-003 

06/02/2006 

Risk Factors For Psychopathology Using Existing Data Sets (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-439 

06/02/2006 

RERC for Wheelchair Transportation Safety (84.133E-8)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-010 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Mobility Aids and Wayfinding Technologies for Individuals With Blindness and Low Vision (84.133A-11)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-004 

06/02/2006 

RRTC on Effective Independent and Community Living Solutions and Measures (84.133B-14)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-007 

06/02/2006 

RERC for Wireless Technologies (84.133E-7)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-009 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Reducing Obesity and Obesity-Related Secondary Conditions in Adolescents and Adults with Disabilities (84.133A-16)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-006 

06/02/2006 

RERC for Technologies for Successful Aging (84.133E-1).  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-008 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Assistive Technology (AT) Outcomes Research Project (84.133A-8).  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-001 

06/02/2006 

DRRP -- Improving Employment Outcomes for the Low Functioning Deaf (LFD) Population (84.133A-12)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-060206-005 

06/01/2006 

Developmental/Exploratory Alcohol Research Centers (P20)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AA-07-001 

06/01/2006 

2006 Centers of Academic Excellence Program  

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

HM1582-06-BAA-0003 

06/01/2006 

University Transportation Centers Program: Tier I UTCs  

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

DTRT06-G-TIERONES 

06/01/2006 

Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) [P20]  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-RR-06-002 

06/01/2006 

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AA-07-003 

06/01/2006 

Developmental/Exploratory Alcohol Research Centers (P20)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AA-07-001 

06/01/2006 

Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) [P20]  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-RR-06-002 

06/01/2006 

Comprehensive Alcohol Research Centers (P60)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AA-07-003 

06/01/2006 

Text Mining Search for Human Gene Epidemiology (HuGE) Published Literature  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC-RFA-GD06-601 

05/31/2006 

Human Biospecimen Resources for Aging Research (R03)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-443 

05/31/2006 

Information and Intelligent Systems: Advancing Human-Centered Computing, Information Integration and Informatics, and Robust Intelligence  

National Science Foundation

06-572 

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.