MEMORANDUM:

TO:                  Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:            Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE: Friday, October 26, 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
10/19/2007	National Technical Assistance, Training, Research and Evaluation: Information Dissemination Project and Business Incubator Research Project	Economic Development Administration	EDA10192007
10/19/2007	Programs of Excellence in Scientifically Validated Behavioral Treatment (R25)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-08-080
10/19/2007	CYFAR Sustainable Community Projects (New)	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SLBCD-001091
10/22/2007	Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program CFDA 84.016A	U.S. Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-102207-001
10/22/2007	ELSI Regular Research Program (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-012
10/22/2007	ELSI Small Research Grant Program (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-013
10/22/2007	The Role of Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures in Amelioration of Obesity-Related Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Independent of Weight Loss (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-014
10/22/2007	Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-ICGP-001092
10/23/2007	Healthy Behaviors in Women	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-045
10/23/2007	Angiogenesis in the Nervous System in Health and Disease (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-015
10/23/2007	Angiogenesis in the Nervous System in Health and Disease (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-08-016
10/23/2007	International Science and Education Grants Program	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-SERDIP-001095
10/24/2007	Major Research Instrumentation Program	National Science Foundation	08-503
10/25/2007	MCH Distance Learning	Health Resources & Services Administration	HRSA-08-043
10/25/2007	Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program - National Integrated Food Safety Initiative	CSREES	USDA-CSREES-ICGP-001111

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.