MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, August 08, 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
08/01/2008	Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) Before/After Cost Effectiveness Study	DOT/Federal Transit Administration	D2008-CBTC-TRI-07
08/01/2008	Rail Capacity Improvement Study	DOT/Federal Transit Administration	D2008-RCIS-TRI-08
08/01/2008	ROSES 2008: MOST U.S. Guest Observer Program - Cycle 1	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-MOST
08/01/2008	Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-227
08/01/2008	Using Systems Science Methodologies to Protect and Improve Population Health (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-224
08/01/2008	Quantitative Imaging for Evaluation of Responses to Cancer Therapies (U01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-225
08/01/2008	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (U48)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-DP-09-001
08/04/2008	Strengthening Safe Hospitals and Clinics in HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities, Services, and Practices in the Republic of Mozambique under PEPFAR	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	CDC-RFA-PS09-905
08/04/2008	Forecasting Ecosystem Services from Wetland Condition Analyses	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-G2008-STAR-L1
08/04/2008	Early Detection and Monitoring of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis) in California and Nevada.	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	NISP0802
08/04/2008	Translational Research in Female Pelvic Floor Disorders (RO1)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HD-08-008
08/04/2008	Translational Research in Female Pelvic Floor Disorders (RO3)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HD-08-009
08/04/2008	Data Coordinating Center for the Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network (U01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HD-08-027
08/04/2008	Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies - The $1000 Genome (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HG-08-008
08/04/2008	Revolutionary Genome Sequencing Technologies - The $1000 Genome (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HG-08-009
08/05/2008	Cultural Resources Information Data-Sharing and Assistance for Archaeological, Historic, and Paleontological Sites, Alaska	Bureau of Land Management	AK-NOI08-0007
08/05/2008	Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research for Neuromuscular Disease (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-228
08/05/2008	Cooperative Program in Translational Research for Neuromuscular Disease (U01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-229
08/06/2008	Strengthening Malaria Prevention And Control In Ghana	Ghana USAID-Accra	624-08-021
08/06/2008	Technical Assistance for WHIP and EQIP		USDANRCSVT0801
08/07/2008	Migratory Bird Project Support: Monitoring, Assessment, Conservation	Migratory Birds	FWSR2-MBP-FY08
08/07/2008	Higher Education Scholarships and Training for Development	US Agency for International Development	RFA-USAID-M-OAA-GRO-LMA-08-2277
08/07/2008	Sexual & Gender based Violence program	East Africa USAID-Kenya	USAID-623-EA-08-070-RFA
08/07/2008	Technical Assistance for WHIP and EQIP	Vermont State Office	USDANRCSVT0801
08/08/2008	Limited Competition: Continuation of the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network (NASH CRN) (U01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DK-08-505

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.