MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Monday, February 25, 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
02/15/2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Education Program Trade School Scholarship Announcement of Opportunity, Fiscal Year 2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission	HR-FN208-NED03
02/15/2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Education Program Faculty Development Grants Announcement of Opportunity Fiscal Year 2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission	HR-FN208-NED02
02/15/2008	Full-Service Community Schools Program CFDA 84.215J	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-021508-001
02/15/2008	Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Research Centers: A Public Health Systems Approach (P01)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-TP-08-001
02/15/2008	Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM	National Science Foundation	08-545
02/19/2008	National Community-Based Lead Outreach and Training Grant Program: Request for Proposals FY 2008	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-OPPT-08-003
02/19/2008	Conservation Innovation Grants - Caribbean Area Component FY-2008	Florida State Office	USDA-NRCS-PR-08-01
02/19/2008	Multiscale Mathematics and Optimization for Complex Systems	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-13
02/19/2008	Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement	National Science Foundation	08-546
02/19/2008	Informal Science Education	National Science Foundation	08-547
02/19/2008	Economic Development Assistance Programs—Availability of Funds under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965		EDA021908
02/19/2008	Economic Development Assistance Programs - Availability of Funds under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965	Economic Development Administration	EDA021908
02/20/2008	2008 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Program	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NMFS-NEFSC-2008-2001277
02/20/2008	Special Research Grants Program - Potato Research	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SRGP-001346
02/20/2008	IR-4, Minor Crop Pest Management	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SRGP-001345
02/20/2008	ROA 2007: A.3 Fundamental Aeronautics: Subsonic Rotary Wing Project	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZEA001N-SSRW1
02/20/2008	New Jersey Conservation Innovation Grant	New Jersey State Office	USDA-NRCS-NJ-08-001
02/20/2008	New York Component Conservation Innovation Grant	New York State Office	USDA-NRCS-NY-08-01
02/20/2008	FY 2008 Food Stamp Participation Program	Food and Nutrition Service	USDA-FNS-FSPA-08
02/21/2008	International Research and Studies Program CFDA 84.017A-1	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-022108-001
02/21/2008	International Research and Studies Program CFDA 84.-017A-3	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-022108-003
02/21/2008	Molecular Phenotypes for Lung Diseases (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-08-006
02/21/2008	Comparative Systems Genetics of Cancer (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-08-017
02/21/2008	Methods for Prevention Packages Program (MP3) (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AI-08-019
02/21/2008	Small Grants for Lung Tissue Research (R03)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-08-008
02/22/2008	Indoor Air Quality Projects in EPA Region 10 (2008)	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R10-IAQ-01-08
02/22/2008	Tumor Stem Cells in Cancer Biology, Prevention, and Therapy (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-08-019
02/22/2008	Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DK-08-002
02/22/2008	Centers of Excellence in Genomics Science (CEGS) (P50)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-094
02/22/2008	Research Opportunities in Aeronautics - 2008	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZEA001N
02/22/2008	Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2008	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N
02/25/2008	Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities Program CFDA 84.325T	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-022508-001
02/25/2008	Partnerships in Character Education Program CFDA 84.215S	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-022108-002
02/25/2008	ROSES 2008: Hurricane Science Research	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-HSRP
02/25/2008	ROSES 2008: Cosmochemistry	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-COS

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.