MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:             Friday, September 15, 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

09/11/2006 

University Nanosat Program  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFOSR-BAA-2006-06 

09/11/2006 

Refining and Testing Mental Health Interventions and Services for Youth with Mental Illness who are Transitioning to Adulthood (R34)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-MH-07-051 

09/11/2006 

Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (84.200A)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-091106-001 

09/11/2006 

MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (R25)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-548 

09/11/2006 

Refining and Testing Mental Health Interventions and Services for Youth with Mental Illness who are Transitioning to Adulthood (R34)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-MH-07-051 

09/11/2006 

University Nanosat Program  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFOSR-BAA-2006-06 

09/11/2006 

Refining and Testing Mental Health Interventions and Services for Youth with Mental Illness who are Transitioning to Adulthood (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-MH-07-050

09/12/2006 

Microbicide Innovation Program (MIP II) (R21/R33)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AI-06-042 

09/12/2006 

Administration of the Henry Rodriguez Scholarship Program  

Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office

6SF811271 

09/13/2006 

Centers of Research Translation (P50)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AR-06-003 

09/13/2006 

NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-549 

09/13/2006 

Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 (HSD)  

National Science Foundation

06-604 

09/14/2006 

Longitudinal Studies of HIV-Associated Lung Infections and Complications (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-HL-07-008 

09/14/2006 

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program  

CSREES

USDA-CSREES-NRI-000141 

09/14/2006 

Centers for Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (CEERs) (P50)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-HG-06-025 

NOTE:

A search is conducted for opportunities which mention colleges or universities in the “Additional Information on Eligibility” field of the announcement. Only those items and 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.