MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, September 26, 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
09/19/2008	National Hypersonic Science Centers (NHSC), Air Force Office of Scientific Research	Air Force Office of Scientific Research	AFOSR-BAA-2008-7
09/23/2008	Coal To Liquids (CTL)	DARPA - Strategic Technology Office	DARPA-BAA-08-58
09/23/2008	6th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-G2009-P3-Q1 EPA-G2009-P3-Q2 EPA-G2009-P3-Q3 EPA-G2009-P3-Q4 EPA-G2009-P3-Q5 EPA-G2009-P3-Q6
09/23/2008	ROSES 2008: Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development, including Concept Studies for Astrobiology Small Payloads and Satellites	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-ASTID
09/23/2008	Exploratory Studies in Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-267
09/23/2008	Innovative Approaches to Target Identification and Assay Development for Fungal Diagnosis (R21/R33)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AI-08-055
09/23/2008	Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program Northeastern Region	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-RIPM-001827
09/24/2008	Discovery Research K-12	National Science Foundation	08-609
09/24/2008	Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship CFDA 84.022A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-092408-001
09/24/2008	Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging: Training and Demonstration Projects	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-AO-OCHP-08-01
09/24/2008	Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corp Science and Technology	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA09-001
09/24/2008	Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-ICGP-001825
09/24/2008	Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SAECP-001826
09/25/2008	Advanced Education Nursing Grants	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-101
09/25/2008	Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-102
09/25/2008	Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	PAR-08-268
09/25/2008	Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	PAR-08-269
09/25/2008	Utilizing Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality (R18)	Agency for Health Care Research and Quality	PAR-08-270
09/25/2008	NICHDs Institutional Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program in Reproductive, Obstetric, Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology (T32)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-271
09/26/2008	DARPA Mathematical Challenges	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA08-65
09/26/2008	Heterostructural Uncooled Magnetic Sensors (HUMS)	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA08-70
09/26/2008	The Role of Cardiomyocyte Mitochondria in Heart Disease: An Integrated Approach (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-10-002

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.