MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:             Friday, October 27, 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

10/16/2006

INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTES

NJ Commission on Higher Education

NJ-10-01

10/20/2006 

ROSES2006: Stardust Sample Analysis  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NNH06ZDA001N-SSAP 

10/20/2006 

Affordable Sensor Technology Development (ASTD)  

Air Force -- Research Lab

BAA-03-12-SNK 

10/20/2006 

ONR's Young Investigator Program  

Office of Naval Research

ONR-BAA-07-002 

10/23/2006 

NIJ FY07 Crime and Justice Research  

National Institute of Justice

2007-NIJ-1422 

10/23/2006 

Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SEC-OED-2007-2000863 

10/23/2006 

NIJ FY07 Transnational Crime  

National Institute of Justice

2007-NIJ-1412 

10/23/2006 

Environmental Literacy Grants for Free-Choice Learning  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SEC-OED-2007-2000859 

10/24/2006 

Centers for Biomedical Research with Free Electron Lasers  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFOSR-BAA-2007-2 

10/24/2006 

Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-ES-06-010 

10/24/2006 

Regional Priorities Grant Program  

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-R8-2007-001 

10/24/2006 

Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) New Entrant Grant Opportunity  

DOT/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

MCSAP-NE-07 

10/24/2006 

free Electron Laser-Related Biomedical Research  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFOSR-BAA-2007-3 

10/24/2006 

Sensors As Robots  

Department of Defense

BAA-07-02-IFKA 

10/24/2006 

Proactive Intelligence (PAINT)  

Department of Defense

BAA-07-01-IFKA 

10/25/2006 

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research via Methodological and Technological Innovation in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-RM-07-004 

10/25/2006 

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research via Methodological and Technological Innovation in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R21)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-RM-07-004 

10/25/2006 

NIJ FY07 The Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence: From Adolesence to Late Adulthood  

National Institute of Justice

2007-NIJ-1420 

10/25/2006 

NIJ FY07 Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking: Research for Policy and Practice  

National Institute of Justice

2007-NIJ-1414 

10/25/2006 

Scientific Discovery Through Advanced Computing: Climate Change Prediction Program  

Chicago Service Center

DE-PS02-07ER07-06 

10/25/2006 

International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) [K01]  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-07-014 

10/25/2006 

Development of Robust, Highly Efficient Fermentative Organisms for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol  

Golden Field Office

DE-PS36-07GO97002 

10/26/2006 

Strategic Technologies for Cyberinfrastructure Program (STCI)  

National Science Foundation

PD-06-7231 

10/26/2006 

WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS PROGRAM  

U. S. Geological Survey

07HQPA0007 

10/26/2006 

Water Conservation Field Service Program, Northern CA, South Central and Central California Area Office  

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office

07SF200001 

10/26/2006 

Major Research Instrumentation Program  

National Science Foundation

07-510 

10/27/2006 

Fiscal Year 2007 Test and Evaluation (T&E) Research Program  

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

AFOSR-BAA-2007-5 

10/27/2006 

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy(R21)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-07-018 

10/27/2006 

Resource Centers and Coordinating Center for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)  

National Institutes of Health

RFA-AG-07-005 

10/27/2006 

Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy (R03)  

National Institutes of Health

PAR-07-019 

10/27/2006 

Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18)  

National Institutes of Health

PA-07-017 

NOTE:

The scope of searches has been expanded to include “Unrestricted”, “Individuals”, and “Others” as well as Private and Public Institutions of higher education. 

For broader or more focused searches, visit http://www.grants.gov/search/advanced.do.