MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, September 05, 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
09/02/08	Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation	National Science Foundation	08-599
09/02/08	Nurse Education, Practice and Retention	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-106
09/02/08	Tahoe Research Supported by SNPLMA Round 9	Forest Service	USDA-FS-PSW-TAHOE-2008
09/03/08	High Energy Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-28
09/03/08	Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics II (T15)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-09-009
09/04/08	Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service	National Science Foundation	08-600
09/04/08	Ecology of Infectious Diseases	National Science Foundation	08-601
09/04/08	International Collaboration in Chemistry between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad	National Science Foundation	08-602
09/04/08	NEH/DFG Symposia and Workshops Program	National Endowment for the Humanities	20081104-HW
09/04/08	ROSES 2008: Earth Science U.S. Participating Investigator	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-ESUSPI
09/04/08	Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA08-019
09/05/08	2009 Academic Year EPA Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Undergraduate Environmental Study	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-F2008U-GRO-P1 EPA-F2008U-GRO-P2 EPA-F2008U-GRO-P3 EPA-F2008U-GRO-P4 EPA-F2008U-GRO-Q1 EPA-F2008U-GRO-Q2
09/05/08	ROSES 2008: Lunar and Planetary Science U.S. Participating Investigator	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-LPSUSPI

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.