MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, February 15, 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
02/08/2008	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Accessible Public Transportation CFDA Number 84.133E-3	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-003
02/08/2008	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Prosthetics and Orthotics CFDA Number 84.133E-4	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-004
02/08/2008	Special Focus Competition: Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020808-001
02/08/2008	Upper Las Vegas Wash Conservation Transfer Area - Treatment, Protection, and Interpretation of Heritage Paleontological Resources Through Public Involvement	Bureau of Land Management	R-0706548
02/08/2008	Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grant Program	Utilities Programs	RDUP-08-01-DLT
02/11/2008	Part C: Capacity Development	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-083
02/11/2008	National Extension Integrated Pest Management Special Projects Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SLBCD-001324
02/11/2008	Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)	Housing and Community Facilities Programs	USDA-RD-HCFP-RCDI-2008
02/12/2008	Water Conservation Field Services Program - Klamath Basin Area Office (KBAO)	Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office	08SF200017
02/12/2008	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Communication Enhancement CFDA Number 84.133E-5	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-005
02/12/2008	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) for Universal Interface and Information Technology Access CFDA 84.133E-6	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-006
02/13/2008	Strategic Technologies	DARPA - Strategic Technology Office	BAA08-10
02/13/2008	Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center for Wheeled Mobility CFDA Number 84.133E-7	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-007
02/13/2008	Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTC) Personal Assistance Services (PAS) in the 21st Century CFDA 84.133B-1	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-017
02/13/2008	Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Disability Statistics and Demographics CFDA Number 84.133B-3	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-018
02/13/2008	Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Health and Function Across the Lifespan of Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133B-4	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-019
02/13/2008	Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Community Living and Employment for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities CFDA Number 84.133B-5	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-020108-020
02/13/2008	Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-G2008-STAR-D1
02/13/2008	Early Career Projects: Consequences of Global Change for Water Quality	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-G2008-STAR-D2
02/13/2008	Green Technology Demonstration Project to Reduce Groundwater Discharge within the Tully Valley (Central New York)	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R2DEPP-FO-08-01
02/14/2008	Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering	National Science Foundation	08-544
02/14/2008	Microsystems Technology Office-Wide BAA	DARPA - MTO- BAA08-18	BAA08-18
02/14/2008	Research Opportunities at Rare Isotope Beam Facilities	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-10
02/14/2008	Basic Research and Modeling to Support Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-18
02/14/2008	Non-NORC Congressional Mandates	Administration on Aging	HHS-2008-AOA-MA-0805
02/14/2008	Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program	Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Adminis.	SP-08-003
02/14/2008	Conservation Innovation Grants	Idaho State Office	USDA-NRCS-ID-08-04
02/14/2008	Conservation Innovation Grants- New Mexico Component	New Mexico State Office	USDA-NRCS-NM-08-01
02/15/2008	Challenge Grants	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080501-CH
02/15/2008	National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	CWG-09
02/15/2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Education Program Scholarship and Fellowship Announcement of Opportunity, Fiscal Year 2008	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission	HR-FN208-NED01
02/15/2008	Rural Cooperative Development Grants	Business and Cooperative Programs	RDBCP-08-02-RCDG
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Clinical Consortium Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-CCA
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-CTA
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Health Disparity Research Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-HDRA
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Health Disparity Training Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-HDTA
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Laboratory-Clinical Transition Award: Stage I	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-LCTAI
02/15/2008	DOD Prostate Cancer Synergistic Idea Development Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-08-PCRP-SIDA

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.