MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, February 01, 2008

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
01/25/2008	2008 Measurement, Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grants Programs	Department of Commerce	2008-MSE-01
01/28/2008	Systems Biology, Model Organism Development, and Enzyme Discovery for Biological Hydrogen Production	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-12
01/28/2008	Research Opportunities In Space And Earth Sciences 2008	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N
01/28/2008	FY 2008 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking Assistance Program	Office of Violence Against Women	OVW-2008-1771
01/28/2008	Research Education Grants for Statistical Training in the Genetics of Addiction (R25)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-081
01/29/2008	American Competitiveness in Chemistry-Fellowship	National Science Foundation	08-541
01/29/2008	Alcohol Research Education Project Grants (R25)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-082
01/29/2008	USDA Rural Development Rural Public Television Digital Transition Grant Program	Utilities Programs	RDUP-08-01-PTV
01/29/2008	Conservation Innovation Grants- FY2008-RI	Rhode Island State Office	USDA-NRCS-RI-08-01
01/30/2008	Radiochemistry and Instrumentation Research	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-11
01/30/2008	Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grant Program	Utilities Programs	RDUP-08-01-DLT
01/30/2008	1890 Facilities	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-EF47-001284
01/31/2008	Innovations in Engineering Education, Curriculum and Infrastructure	National Science Foundation	08-542
01/31/2008	University Radio Observatories Program	National Science Foundation	08-543
01/31/2008	Upper Colorado Recovery Implementation Program- Floodplain Inundation and Entrainment Studies	Bureau of Reclamation-Upper Colorado Region	08SF402730
01/31/2008	Accepting Applications for the Emerging Markets Program	Foreign Agricultural Service	FAS-OTP-EMP-22508
02/01/2008	Special Focus Competition: European Union-United States Atlantis Program CFDA 84.116J	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-001
02/01/2008	Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Health Care Coordination for Individuals with Physical Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133A-1	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-008
02/01/2008	Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Health and Health Care Disparities Among Individuals with Disabilities CFDA 84.133A-3	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-009
02/01/2008	Disability Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRPs) Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems (TBIMS) Centers Collaborative Research Projects CFDA 84.133A-4	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-010
02/01/2008	Office of Indian Education Professional Development Grants Program CFDA 84.299B	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-021
02/01/2008	Special Focus Competition: U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program CFDA 84.116M	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-022
02/01/2008	Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RU-0113
02/01/2008	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-083
02/01/2008	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-084
02/01/2008	The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-085
02/01/2008	Revision Awards to Support AIDS-related Malignancies Research Training to Currently Funded AIDS International Training and Research Program Awards (D43)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-TW-08-004
02/01/2008	Conservation Innovation Grants	Vermont State Office	USDA-NRCS-ME-08-01

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.