MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, September 12, 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
09/08/2008	East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students	National Science Foundation	08-603
09/08/2008	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Request for Proposals: Human Rights and Civil Society Initiatives in Cuba	Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor	DRL-08-CUBA-RFP-090808
09/08/2008	Healthy Tomorrows Partnership For Children Program	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-157
09/08/2008	FY 2009 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) - For Proposal Submission to the Army	Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command	ONRBAA08-019
09/08/2008	Research on Emergency Medical Services for Children (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-261
09/09/2008	Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation	National Science Foundation	08-604
09/09/2008	2009 Request for Initial Proposals for Yukon River Salmon Research and Managements Projects	Region 7	701819R002
09/09/2008	Casimir Effect Enhancement (CEE)	DARPA - Microsystems Technology Office	DARPA-BAA-08-59
09/09/2008	Comparative Interdisciplinary Studies of Cerebral Cortical Development (R21/R33)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-09-080
09/09/2008	Roadmap Transformative R01 Program (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RM-08-029
09/10/2008	Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG)	National Science Foundation	08-605
09/10/2008	Fiscal Year 2009 University Nanosat Program	Air Force Office of Scientific Research	AFOSR-BAA-2008-6
09/10/2008	Nursing Workforce Diversity	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-107
09/10/2008	Innovative Nurse Education Technologies	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-209
09/10/2008	ROA 2008: A.4 Supersonics Project (SUP3)	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZEA001N-SUP3
09/10/2008	FY 2009 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) - For Proposal Submission to the Air Force	Air Force Office of Scientific Research	ONR-BAA-08-019
09/11/2008	Enduring Questions: Pilot Course Grants	National Endowment for the Humanities	20081113-AQ
09/11/2008	Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program--Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Projects CFDA 84.133P-1	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-091108-001

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.