MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, March 20, 2009

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
03/13/2009	Discretionary Funds for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2009-ACF-ORR-RG-0020
03/13/2009	Ground-Based Studies In Space Radiobiology	NASA Johnson Space Center	NNJ09ZSA001N
03/13/2009	Exploratory Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-130
03/13/2009	Secondary Analyses in Obesity, Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-131
03/13/2009	Exploratory Investigations in Food Allergy (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AI-09-011
03/13/2009	Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-BFR-002115
03/13/2009	National Needs Graduate Fellowships Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-HEP-002116
03/13/2009	Supplemental and Alternative Crops Competitive Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-OP-002117
03/13/2009	IARPA Advanced Materials and Fabrication for Coherent Superconducting Qubits Program	Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command	W911NF-09-R-0007
03/16/2009	NIST Recovery Act Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grants Program: Providing the Technology Infrastructure to Address National Priorities	National Institute of Standards and Technology	2009-NIST-ARRA-MSE-RESEARCH-01
03/16/2009	COPS Hiring Recovery Program	Community Oriented Policing Services	COPS-CHRP-2009-1
03/16/2009	Five Year Review of the Status of the Genus Achatinella	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	FWSPIO1
03/16/2009	B.2 Aircraft Aging and Durability (AAD2) Project	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZEA001N-AAD2
03/16/2009	Interventions to Improve Palliative Care at the End of Life (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-NR-09-004
03/17/2009	Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research	Air Force Office of Scientific Research	AFOSR-BAA-2009-1
03/17/2009	Dynamic Prevention of Biofouling (DyPOB)	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA-09-23
03/17/2009	Wound Stasis System (WSS) Program	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA-09-29
03/17/2009	Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access Program CFDA 84.337A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-031709-001
03/17/2009	Head Start Graduate Student Research	Administration for Children and Families	HHS-2009-ACF-OPRE-YR-0004
03/17/2009	ROSES 2009: Advancing Collaborative Connections for Earth System Science	NASA Headquarters	NNH09ZDA001N-ACCESS
03/17/2009	ROSES 2009: Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples	NASA Headquarters	NNH09ZDA001N-LARS
03/17/2009	ROSES 2009: Near Earth Object Observations	NASA Headquarters	NNH09ZDA001N-NEOO
03/17/2009	Research on Clinical Decision Making in People with or at Risk for Life-Threatening Illness (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-121
03/17/2009	Pilot and Feasibility Clinical Research Grants in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-133
03/17/2009	Mental Health Dissertation Research Grant to Increase Diversity (R36)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-09-132
03/17/2009	Silvio O. Conte Digestive Diseases Research Core Centers (P30)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DK-09-005
03/17/2009	Incorporating Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Into Factors Affecting Quality-of-Life Health Related Research (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-NR-09-005
03/17/2009	NIOSH Small Research Grant Program (R03)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-OH-09-029
03/17/2009	NIOSH Exploratory and/or Developmental Grant Program (R21)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-OH-09-030
03/18/2009	Development of Supply Systems to Handle and Deliver High Tonnage Biomass Feedstocks for Cellulosic Biofuels Production	Golden Field Office	DE-FOA-0000060
03/18/2009	New Jersey Special Needs Program – FY 2010-2014	NJ Commission on Higher Education	NJCHE-03-01
03/18/2009	ROSES 2009: Planetary Astronomy	NASA Headquarters	NNH09ZDA001N-PAST
03/18/2009	NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements	National Institutes of Health	NOT-OD-09-056
03/18/2009	NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications	National Institutes of Health	NOT-OD-09-058
03/18/2009	NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators	National Institutes of Health	NOT-OD-09-060
03/18/2009	Research on Edge Organizations in The Context of Network-Centric Operations	Naval Supply Systems Command	NPSBAA09-001
03/18/2009	Building System Capacity for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (R34)	National Institutes of Health	PA-09-105
03/18/2009	Inviting Applications for Rural Business Opportunity Grants	Business and Cooperative Programs	RDBCP-2009-RBOG
03/18/2009	Environmental Health and Toxicology Educational Research Program (U01)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	RFA-TS-09-003
03/18/2009	Farmers' Market Promotion Program	Agricultural Marketing Service	USDA-AMS-FMPP-2009
03/19/2009	Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities: Departmental Multi-user Instrumentation	National Science Foundation	09-546
03/19/2009	Y-Dimensional Enhanced Sensor (YES)	DARPA - Microsystems Technology Office	DARPA-BAA-09-30
03/19/2009	Recovery Act - Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-FOA-0000026
03/19/2009	Recovery Act-Transportation Electrification	National Energy Technology Laboratory	DE-FOA-0000028
03/19/2009	Recovery Act: Evaluation of Internet Child Safety Materials Used by ICAC Task Forces in School and Community Settings	National Institute of Justice	NIJ-2009-2141
03/19/2009	Recovery Act: Research and Evaluation of Recovery Act State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance	National Institute of Justice	NIJ-2009-2142
03/19/2009	Electronics Technology	Office of Naval Research	ONRBAA09-020

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.