MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:             Friday, September 22, 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

09/15/2006 

Culturally Appropriate Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection in Young People (R2)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-NR-07-002 

09/15/2006 

Training Clinical Veterinarians in Nonhuman Primate Clinical Medicine(R25)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-RR-06-006 

09/15/2006 

Culturally Appropriate Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection in Young People (R01)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-NR-07-003 

09/18/2006 

NIDA Research Education Grants in Drug Abuse and Addiction (R25)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-550 

09/18/2006 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program (84.021A)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-091806-001 

09/19/2006 

NIOSH Exploratory and/or Developmental Grant Program  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PAR-06-552 

09/19/2006 

NIOSH Small Research Grant Program  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

PAR-06-551 

09/19/2006 

Uncertainty Analyses of Models in Integrated Environmental Assessments  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-G2007-STAR-B1 

09/19/2006 

Uncertainty Analyses of Models in Integrated Environmental Assessments  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-G2007-STAR-B1 

09/19/2006 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program (84.133P)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-091906-001 

09/20/2006 

U.S.-Mexico Border 2012 Program  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-REG6-USMB2012-2006 

09/20/2006 

MidAtlantic Diesel Collaborative  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-R3APD-06-01 

09/20/2006 

NIDDK Education Program Grants (R25)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-554 

09/20/2006 

Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD)(R25)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-553 

09/20/2006 

Senior Scientist Research and Mentorship Award (K05)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-06-555 

09/21/2006 

Clinical Studies of Bisphoshonate Therapy and Osteonecrosis of the Jaws (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-06-556 

09/22/2006 

Upward Bound Program (84.047A) Regular Upward Bound Program  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-092206-001 

09/22/2006 

Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Program (84.047M)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-092206-002 

09/22/2006 

Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program (84.047V)  

U.S. Department of Education

ED-GRANTS-092206-003 

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.