MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, April 11, 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
04/04/2008	NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows In K-12 Education	National Science Foundation	08-556
04/04/2008	Energy Frontier Research Centers	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER15944
04/04/2008	2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 1 - Sensors And Controls	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00198-01
04/04/2008	2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 2 - Computational Energysciences - Subtopic 2a: Multiphase Flow Research	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00198-02A
04/04/2008	2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 2 - Computational Energysciences - Subtopic 2b: Process/Equipment Co-Simulation Advanced Fossilenergy Plants	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00198-02B
04/04/2008	2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 3 - Advanced Materials -Subtopic 3a: Computer-Aided Development Of Materials	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00198-03A
04/04/2008	2008 HBCU: Technical Topic 3 - Advanced Materials -Subtopic 3b: Novel New Materials For Energy Conversion Fromcoal	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00198-03B
04/04/2008	Conduct Coordinated taxonomic Inventories	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	FWS-R1-MOLINA1-8-4
04/04/2008	Coordinate Taxonomic Inventories	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	FWS-R1-MOLINA6-8-4
04/07/2008	Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program	National Science Foundation	08-557
04/07/2008	Curatorial Services	Bureau of Reclamation-Upper Colorado Region	08-SF-40-2746
04/07/2008	Area of Interest 1A - Multiphase Flow Research	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00260-1A
04/07/2008	Area of Interest 1B - Process/Equipment Co-Simulation Advanced Fossil Energy Plants	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00260-1B
04/07/2008	Area of Interest 2A - Novel New Materials for Energy Conversion from Coal	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00260-2A
04/07/2008	Area of Interest 2B - Computer-Aided Development of Materials	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00260-2B
04/07/2008	Area Of Interest 3- Novel Materials For Sensing Or Monitoring In Extreme Environments Of Fossil Energy Systems	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-PS26-08NT00260-3
04/07/2008	Nurse Faculty Loan Program	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-102
04/07/2008	Network(s) for Developing PTSD Risk Assessment Tools (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-09-060
04/08/2008	ROSES 2008: Sample Return Laboratory Instruments and Data Analysis	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-SRLIDAP
04/08/2008	Researching Implementation and Change while Improving Quality (R18)	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	PAR-08-136
04/08/2008	NCMHD Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (P20)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MD-08-002
04/09/2008	Preservation and Access Education and Training Grants	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080701-PE
04/09/2008	Avian Influenza Surveillance in the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways	Migratory Birds	AFAIFY08
04/09/2008	Standing Announcement for the Ethnic Community Self-Help Program	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RE-0117
04/09/2008	Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RU-0113
04/09/2008	Genetic Screens to Enhance Zebrafish Research (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-138
04/09/2008	Enhancing Zebrafish Research with Research Tools and Techniques (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-139
04/09/2008	Multicultural Scholars Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-HEMS-001486
04/09/2008	Rural Health & Safety Education	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-RHSE-001485
04/10/2008	In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-140
04/10/2008	In Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary Cancer Risk (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-141
04/10/2008	Skin Diseases Research Core Centers (P30)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AR-08-002
04/11/2008	Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080915-RF
04/11/2008	Software Development Tools for Improved Ease-of-Use of Petascale Systems	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-19
04/11/2008	Development of New Tools for Cell Fate Determination and Tissue Homeostasis in the Aged (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AG-09-004

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.