MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, October 12, 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 the last week.  To get more information about a particular opportunity, click on the “Opportunity Title”.

Open Date	Opportunity Title	Agency	Funding Number
10/05/2007	Request for Proposals: Digital Humanities Workshops	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080117-EZ
10/05/2007	Environmental Health Sciences Core Center Grants (P30)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-ES-07-008
10/09/2007	Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy: A Joint ResearchSolicitation; USDA, DOE	Chicago Service Center	DE-PS02-08ER08-03
10/09/2007	Mid Atlantic Diesel Collaborative Port Sector Demonstration Project	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R3APD-07-04
10/09/2007	Regional Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program - Northeastern Region	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-RIPM-001070
10/10/2007	Teaching American History Grant Program CFDA 84.215X	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-101007-001
10/10/2007	ROA 2007: E.2 Integration of Advanced Concepts and Vehicles into the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZEA001N-IAC1
10/11/2007	Postdoctoral Fellowships in Polar Regions Research	National Science Foundation	08-501
10/11/2007	Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program	Bureau Of Educational and Cultural Affairs	ECA-PE-C-PY-08-08

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.