MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, May 16, 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
05/09/2008	Humanities Collections and Resources	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080731-PW
05/09/2008	ROSES 2008: Advanced Component Technology	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-ACT
05/09/2008	ROSES 2008: Geospace Science	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-GEO
05/09/2008	ROSES 2008: Planetary Mission Data Analysis	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-PMDAP
05/09/2008	Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-153
05/09/2008	Barred Owl Lethal Control Case Study	Endangered Species	RBESP-01
05/09/2008	Use of Pooled State Administrative Data for Policy Relevant Mental Health Services Research (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-09-050
05/12/2008	Edward Byrne Memorial Competitive Grant Program	Bureau of Justice Assistance	BJA-2008-1866
05/12/2008	Barred Owl Lethal Control Case Study		RBESP-01
05/13/2008	Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education	National Science Foundation	08-562
05/13/2008	Advances in Biological Informatics	National Science Foundation	08-563
05/13/2008	Pecos River Fish Community Monitoring	Bureau of Reclamation-Upper Colorado Region	08SF402775
05/13/2008	Sonar Arrays In The Yuba And Feather Rivers, California	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	AFRP0806
05/13/2008	Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information Predominantly Black Institutions Program CFDA Number 84.382A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-051308-001
05/13/2008	College Cost Reduction and Access Act Hispanic-Serving Institutions CFDA Number 84.031C	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-051308-002
05/13/2008	Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program CFDA 84.345A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-051308-003
05/14/2008	Cottonwood Creek Non-native Plant Management and Control	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	AFRP-08-N03
05/14/2008	Training and Advisory Services Program--Equity Assistance Centers (EACs) CFDA 84.004D	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-051408-001
05/14/2008	OJJDP FY 2008 Gang Prevention Coordination Assistance Program	Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention	OJJDP-2008-1845
05/14/2008	Indo-US Program on Contraception and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR) [R01]	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HD-08-024
05/15/2008	NIJ FY08 Research on the Justice System Response to Sexual Violence in Corrections	National Institute of Justice	2008-NIJ-1884
05/15/2008	Instant Fire Suppression	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA-08-26
05/15/2008	Surface Catalysis for Energy (SurfCat)	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA-08-48
05/15/2008	Administration of H-Prize for Hydrogen Storage	Golden Field Office	DE-PS36-08GO98027
05/15/2008	National Laser Users apos; Facility Program (NLUF)	NNSA	DE-PS52-08NA28649
05/15/2008	ROSES2008: SMAP Science Definition Team	NASA Headquarters	NNH08ZDA001N-SMAPSDT
05/16/2008	Developmental Origins of Altered Lung Physiology and Immune Function (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-08-009

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.