MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:   Friday, October 19, 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
10/12/2007	NIH Partners in Research Program (R03)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-OD-07-001
10/12/2007	FY 2008 National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellowship Program	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-EED-08-01
10/12/2007	Public Education Efforts to Increase Solid Organ and Tissue Donation	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-059
10/12/2007	Higher Education Challenge Grant	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-CGP-001075
10/15/2007	Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Centers	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-029
10/15/2007	Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program	Bureau of Justice Assistance	BJA-2008-1712
10/16/2007	Biomass Research & Development Initiative	Business and Cooperative Programs	RD-RBP-BIOMASS-2007-FULL
10/16/2007	Department of Defense (DOD) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP) Therapeutic Development Award	Dept. of the Army -- USAMRAA	W81XWH-07-ALSRP-TDA
10/16/2007	Adapting Basic Cognitive Measures for Clinical Assessment of Schizophrenia (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-08-090
10/17/2007	Ocean Freight Reimbursement Request for Application FY2008/FY2009	US Agency for International Development	DCHA-ASHA-08-014
10/17/2007	Food Quality Protection Act/Strategic Agricultural Initiative Grant Program: Request for Applications-FY 2008	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R1-SAI-08
10/17/2007	Hydrogen Education Development	Golden Field Office	DE-PS36-08GO98000
10/17/2007	Centers of Excellence in Chemical Methodologies and Library Development (P50)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-GM-08-007
10/17/2007	Prefrontal Cortical Influences on Brain Systems Supporting Complex Mental Function (R21)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-08-111
10/17/2007	Prefrontal Cortical Influences on Brain Systems Supporting Complex Mental Function (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-08-110
10/17/2007	Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program	National Science Foundation	03-506
10/17/2007	Centers Program for Research on HIV/AIDS and Mental Health (P30)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-009
10/17/2007	Integrative Prevention Research for Alcohol Users At-Risk for HIV/AIDS (RO1)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-006
10/17/2007	Integrative Prevention Research for Alcohol Users At-Risk for HIV/AIDS (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-007
10/17/2007	Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment, Services Research, and Recovery (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-008
10/18/2007	Region 1 – Request for Initial Proposals for EPA/Regional Dedicated Water Quality Program Funding	Environmental Protection Agency	EPA-R1-08-OEP-WQB
10/18/2007	Museum Grants for African American History and Culture	Institute of Museum and Library Services	AAHC-FY08
10/18/2007	America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080123-GE
10/18/2007	America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation Grants	National Endowment for the Humanities	20080123-GI
10/18/2007	Continued Development and Maintenance of Software (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-08-010
10/19/2007	Migratory Bird Joint Ventures-Midwest Region-FY2008 Opportunities	U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service	FWS-R3-MBJV-2008
10/19/2007	Healthy Start Initiative-Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-023
10/19/2007	ROSES 2007: Terrestrial Hydrology	NASA Headquarters	NNH07ZDA001N-THP
10/19/2007	Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (P42)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-ES-07-006
10/19/2007	Genetic Susceptibility and Variability of Human Structural Birth Defects (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-011

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.