MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, December 19, 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
12/12/2008	Digitizing Historical Records	National Archives and Records Administration	DIGITIZING-10
12/12/2008	Electronic Records Projects	National Archives and Records Administration	ELECTRONICRECORDS-10
12/12/2008	Professional Development Grants for Archives and Historical Publishing	National Archives and Records Administration	PRODEV-10
12/12/2008	Publishing Historical Records	National Archives and Records Administration	PUBLISHING-10
12/12/2008	State and National Archival Partnership Grants	National Archives and Records Administration	SNAP-09
12/12/2008	Strategies and Tools for Archives and Historical Publishing Projects	National Archives and Records Administration	STRATEGIES-10
12/12/2008	Pre-Application for the 2009 NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research (X02)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-044
12/12/2008	Research Centers in Trauma, Burn, and Peri-Operative Injury (P50)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-048
12/12/2008	NCMHD Disparities Research and Education Advancing Mission (DREAM) Career Transition Award (K22)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MD-09-001
12/12/2008	Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-121208-0001
12/15/2008	Innovative and Applied Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-09-004
12/15/2008	Innovative and Applied Emerging Technologies in Biospecimen Science (R33)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-09-005
12/15/2008	Application and Use of Transformative Emerging Technologies in Cancer Research (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-09-006
12/15/2008	Application and Use of Transformative Emerging Technologies in Cancer Research (R33)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-09-007
12/15/2008	Innovative Technology Development for Cancer Research (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-CA-09-008
12/15/2008	Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Grant Competition To Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students CFDA Number: 84.184H	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-121508-002
12/16/2008	Youth Programs Academic Year Disability Components	Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs	ECA-PE-C-PY-09-05
12/16/2008	Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-BRAP-002008
12/16/2008	Strategic Agricultural Initiative Grant Program: FY 2009 Request for Proposals	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R3LCD-09-04
12/16/2008	NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K08)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-050
12/16/2008	NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award to Promote Diversity (K23)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-051
12/16/2008	NCI Mentored Research Scientist Development Award to Promote Diversity (K01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-052
12/16/2008	Ancillary Studies in Immunomodulation Clinical Trials (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AI-08-011
12/16/2008	2009 DHS Homeland Security Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HS-STEM) Career Development Grants	Office of Procurement Operations - Grants Division	DHS-09-ST-104-001
12/16/2008	Grant Competition for the Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange Program CFDA 84.304A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-121608-001
12/17/2008	Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-AFRI-002010
12/17/2008	FY 2008 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Program	DOT Federal Highway Administration	DTFH61-DDEGRD-09
12/17/2008	FY 2009 National Scenic Byways Program Discretionary Grants	DOT Federal Highway Administration	FHWA-2009-BYWAYS
12/17/2008	21st Century Museum Professionals	Institute of Museum and Library Services	21MP-FY09
12/17/2008	Proposal Opportunity: Science Education and Public Outreach Forums	NASA Headquarters	NNH09ZDA004C
12/17/2008	Support Opportunity for Addiction Research (SOAR) for New Investigators (R03)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DA-09-021
12/17/2008	NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	SEC-OED-2009-2001648
12/18/2008	Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program	Agricultural Marketing Service	USDA-AMS-FSMIP-2009
12/18/2008	Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-HSI-002011
12/18/2008	Young Faculty Award	DARPA - Microsystems Technology Office	DARPA-RA-09-14
12/18/2008	Clinical Studies of Safety and Effectiveness of Orphan Products; Research Project Grant (R01)	Food & Drug Administration	RFA-FD-09-001
12/18/2008	Centers of Excellence	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-09-204
12/18/2008	Midcareer Investigator Award in Mouse Pathobiology Research (K26)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-053
12/18/2008	Science, Math, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program	Naval Supply Systems Command	NPSBAA08-006
12/19/2008	Structural Analyses of the Ligand-Binding Properties of Taste and Smell Receptors (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-058
12/19/2008	Vulnerable Dendrites and Synapses in Aging and Alzheimers Disease (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-061

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.