MEMORANDUM:

TO:                 Grants Officers, NJ Colleges & Universities

FROM:           Tom Hagaman, NJ Commission on Higher Education

DATE:           Monday, August 15, 2011

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
08/08/2011	Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)	Department of Homeland Security - FEMA	DHS-2011-GPD-044-000-99
08/08/2011	NINDS Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-293
08/08/2011	Science of Organizations	National Science Foundation	PD-11-8031
08/09/2011	Pilot studies in Pancreatic Cancer (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PA-11-297
08/09/2011	Pilot studies in Pancreatic Cancer (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-11-298
08/09/2011	Research Resource for Systematic Reviews of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials (R24)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-AT-12-001
08/10/2011	Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences	National Science Foundation	11-569
08/10/2011	Fundamental Research Program for Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers	National Science Foundation	11-570
08/10/2011	Defense Sciences Research and Technology	DARPA - Defense Sciences Office	DARPA-BAA-11-65
08/10/2011	Molecular and Cellular Substrates of Complex Brain Disorders (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-299
08/10/2011	Molecular and Cellular Substrates of Complex Brain Disorders (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-300
08/10/2011	Mentored Career Award for Faculty at Institutions That Promote Diversity (K01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-HL-12-029
08/10/2011	Dimensional Approaches to Research Classification in Psychiatric Disorders (R01)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-MH-12-100
08/10/2011	2012 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (DP2)	National Institutes of Health	RFA-RM-11-005
08/11/2011	Development of Appropriate Pediatric Formulations and Pediatric Drug Delivery Systems (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-301
08/11/2011	Development of Appropriate Pediatric Formulations and Drug Delivery Systems (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-302
08/11/2011	Development of Appropriate Pediatric Formulations and Pediatric Drug Delivery Systems (R21)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-303
08/12/2011	Materials World Network: Cooperative Activity in Materials Research between US Investigators and their Counterparts Abroad	National Science Foundation	11-568
08/12/2011	Technical Assistance and Dissemination To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities - CFDA 84.326Q	Department of Education	ED-GRANTS-081211-001
08/12/2011	Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R01)	National Institutes of Health	PA-11-308
08/12/2011	Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (R03)	National Institutes of Health	PA-11-309
08/12/2011	NIDDK Central Repositories Non-renewable Sample Access (X01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-306
08/12/2011	Discovery of Genetic Basis of Mendelian or Monogenic Heart, Lung, and Blood Disorders (X01)	National Institutes of Health	PAR-11-307
08/12/2011	U.S. Embassy Islamabad PAS Grants Program	Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs	SCAPPD-11-GRP-300-SCA-070111

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.