MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, January 04, 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
12/21/2007	Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service	National Science Foundation	08-522
12/21/2007	High-Risk Research in Anthropology	National Science Foundation	08-523
12/21/2007	Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-056
12/21/2007	Dissertation Grant Awards for Doctoral Candidates for Violence-Related Injury Prevention Research in Minority Communities	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-CE-08-005
12/26/2007	Networking Technology and Systems	National Science Foundation	08-524
12/26/2007	Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers	National Science Foundation	08-526
12/26/2007	Conservation Innovation Grants	Natural Resources Conservation Service	NRCSNHQ0801
12/26/2007	Developing Complex Models of Oral Health Behavior (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DE-08-009
12/27/2007	Special Improvement Project (SIP)	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2008-ACF-OCSE-FI-0005
12/27/2007	Alzheimer s Disease Pilot Clinical Trials (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-062
12/27/2007	HIV-1 and Host Genetics in Drug Using Populations and Model Organisms (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DA-08-009
12/27/2007	Integrated Pest Management: Crops at Risk and Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Competitive Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-ICGP-001211
12/28/2007	Early Reading First Program CFDA Numbers 84.359A and 84.359B	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-122807-001
12/28/2007	FY08 Hawaii Seafood Program	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NMFS-PIRO-2008-2001278
12/28/2007	NOAAs National Height Modernization Program	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NOS-NGS-2008-2001280
12/28/2007	FY08 Bay Watershed Education and Training Program, Adult and Community	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NOS-NMS-2008-2001283
12/28/2007	National Weather Service MSI Program	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NWS-NWSPO-2008-2001260
12/28/2007	Hydrologic Research	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	NWS-NWSPO-2008-2001276
12/28/2007	Ballast Water Management Demonstration Program (Technologies and Practices)	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	OAR-SG-2008-2001206
12/28/2007	2008 Regional Research, Information Planning and Coordination	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	OAR-SG-2008-2001255
12/28/2007	Ballast Water Management Demostration Program (RDTE Facility)	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	OAR-SG-2008-2001279
12/28/2007	Electronic Warfare Technology	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA08-004
12/28/2007	Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	SEC-OED-2009-2001282
12/31/2007	Petascale Computing Resource Allocations	National Science Foundation	08-529
01/02/2008	Request for Initial Proposals, Strategic Agricultural Initiative/Food Quality Protection Act Grant Program: FY 2008	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R9-CED1-08-003
01/02/2008	Basic Center Program	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2008-ACF-ACYF-CY-0063
01/02/2008	ROSES 2007: Moon and Mars Analogue Missions Activities	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZDA001N-MMAMA
01/02/2008	Development and Application of New Technologies to Targeted Genome-wide Resequencing in Well-Phenotyped Populations (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-08-004
01/03/2008	Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Drug Abuse in General Medical Settings (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DA-08-021
01/04/2008	Ethics Education in Science and Engineering	National Science Foundation	08-530
01/04/2008	Summer Seminars and Institutes	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080303-FS

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.