MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, October 31, 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
10/24/2008	Comprehensive Geriatric Education Program	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-104
10/24/2008	Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-014
10/24/2008	Contextual Approaches to Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-015
10/24/2008	Major Research Instrumentation Program	National Science Foundation	09-502
10/27/2008	AmeriCorps National Planning and Tribal Planning Grants	Corporation for National and Community Service	CNCS-GRANTS-102708-001
10/27/2008	2009 NIH Directors Pioneer Award Program (DP1)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RM-09-001
10/27/2008	2009 NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RM-09-003
10/27/2008	Software and Cyberspace Information Assurance	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA09-002
10/28/2008	Development of Quantum Computing Algorithms	Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command	W911NF-09-R-0001
10/28/2008	International Research in Homeland Security Science & Technology Mission Areas	Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division	DHS-09-ST-108-001
10/29/2008	Medical Management of Older Patients with HIV/AIDS (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-017
10/29/2008	Medical Management of Older Patients with HIV/AIDS (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-018
10/29/2008	Medical Management of Older Patients with HIV/AIDS (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-019
10/29/2008	International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-020
10/29/2008	International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-021
10/29/2008	International Research Collaboration on Drug Abuse and Addiction Research (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-022
10/30/2008	Higher Education Challenge Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-CGP-001845
10/30/2008	Innovation in Molecular Imaging Probes (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-016
10/30/2008	Central Nervous System Intersections of Drug Addiction, Chronic Pain and Analgesia (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DA-09-018
10/30/2008	Cardiac Translational Research Implementation Program (C-TRIP) (P20)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-10-001
10/30/2008	Biobehavioral Research Awards for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-09-100
10/30/2008	Research on Integrity in Collaborative Research (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RR-09-004
10/30/2008	Computational Foundations for Information Fusion	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA09-003
10/31/2008	NEA American Masterpieces: Dance 2 Deadline Extended, FY2009	National Endowment for the Arts	2009NEA01AMD2

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.