MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, August 10, 2007

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 since the last such report on August 6, 2007.  To get more information about a particular opportunity, click on the “Opportunity Title”.

Open Date	Opportunity Title	Agency	Funding Number
08/07/2007	Habitat Restoration, Improvement and Planning Program in South-Central California Area Office’s Central Valley Project Area of Responsibility	Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional Office	07SF200089
08/07/2007	Biotechnology, Biochemical, and Biomass Engineering	National Science Foundation	PD-08-1491
08/08/2007	Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology	National Science Foundation	07-580
08/08/2007	National Spherical Torus Experiment Collaborative Research on Configuration Optimization	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-07ER07-29
08/08/2007	U.S.-Russia Program: Improving Research and Educational Activities in Higher Education CFDA 84.116S	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-080807-001
08/08/2007	ROSES 2007: Ocean Surface Topography Science Team	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZDA001N-OSTST
08/08/2007	Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-07-427
08/08/2007	Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-07-428
08/08/2007	Research on Alcohol-Related Public Policies such as Those Detailed in the Alcohol Policy Information System (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-07-429
08/08/2007	Collaborative Research to Explore New Uses for Existing Radioligands (R21/R33)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-DA-08-001
08/08/2007	Community-Based Job Training Grants	Employment and Training Administration	SGA-DFA-PY-07-01
08/09/2007	Collaborative Research in Chemistry	National Science Foundation	07-581
08/09/2007	ROSES 2007: Outer Planets Research	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZDA001N-OPR
08/09/2007	Silvio O. Conte Centers for Interdisciplinary Research on Brain, Behavior, and Mental Health (P50)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-07-430
08/09/2007	Basic and Translational Research Opportunities in the Social Neuroscience of Mental Health (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-08-070
08/09/2007	Clinical Research Education and Career Development (CRECD) in Minority Institutions (R25)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RR-07-005

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.