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[FR Doc No: 94-26917]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science Education and Technical Information
Energy Research Financial Assistance Program Notice 95-06:
Experimental Program To Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Science Education and Technical Information (ET)
of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with its energy-
related mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's human resource
infrastructure through the support of science, engineering, and
mathematics education at all levels of education, announces its
interest in receiving applications from eligible States for the support
of the DOE/EPSCoR Program. The purpose of the DOE/EPSCoR Program is to
enhance the capabilities of designated States to conduct nationally
competitive energy-related research and to develop science and
engineering manpower in energy-related areas to meet current and future
needs in those areas. Subject to availability of funds, approximately
$7 million will be available for awards under the DOE/EPSCoR Program in
FY 1995 for collaborative research and manpower development in energy-
related science and engineering disciplines.
DATES: Applications under this Notice should be received by 4:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, January 25, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Application materials are available from the Office of
Science Education and Technical Information, ET-31, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone requests for application
materials may be made by calling (202) 586-8949. The completed
applications referencing Program Notice 95-06 must be submitted to:
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Acquisition and
Assistance Management Division, ER-64, room F-220, Washington, D.C.
20585, ATTN: Program Notice 95-06. The following address must be used
when submitting applications by U.S. Postal Service Express mail, any
commercial mail delivery service, or when hand carried by the
applicant: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research,
Acquisition and Assistance Management Division, ER-64, 19901 Germantown
Road, Germantown, MD 20784. Telephone and telefax numbers must also be
included in any application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna J. Prokop, DOE/EPSCoR Program
Manager, Office of Science Education and Technical Information, ET-31,
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8949--
Telephone, (202) 586-0019--Fax.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senate report accompanying the FY 1995
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill (S. Rep. No. 484, 103rd
Cong., 2nd Sess., pg. 90) recommended that $7 million be committed to
continuing the DOE/EPSCoR Program. In accordance with 10 CFR
600.7(b)(1), and to continue to enhance the competitiveness of states
and territories identified for participation in the Experimental
Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) at the National
Science Foundation (NSF), DOE has decided to continue to restrict
eligibility to the following states and territory: Alabama, Arkansas,
Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Awards issued under this Notice will implement plans formulated
under the previously awarded DOE/EPSCoR planning grants. New awards
will provide funding for state management and coordination, human
resource development activities, and research collaboration including
student research activities. Approximately two to three new awards will
be issued for a two-year period and up to a maximum of $1.25 million
each for activities described above. In addition, DOE anticipates
providing support for three to four renewal awards for projects begun
under the DOE/EPSCoR initiative in FY 1993. Renewal awards will be
issued for a one-year period and up to a maximum of $1.25 million. Any
remaining balance of the estimated $7 million will be used to award
funds to enable unsuccessful DOE/EPSCoR state committees to upgrade and
refine state energy-related plans.
In addition, as a tangible measure of an applicant's commitment to
the objectives of the DOE/EPSCoR Program, cost-sharing on a one-to-one
ratio is a requirement of this program. Therefore, each application
submitted requesting support from DOE under this Notice must provide,
from non-Federal funds, an amount equal to the amount awarded by the
DOE; i.e. for every dollar provided by DOE, the recipient must provide
a dollar from non-Federal sources for the project.
General information about development and submission of
applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluation, and selection
processes, and other policies and procedures are contained in the
Application Guide for the Office of Energy Research Financial
Assistance Program and in 10 CFR part 605. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance number of this program is 81.049.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 1994.
William A. Lewis, Jr.,
Director, Office of University and Science Education.
[FR Doc. 94-26917 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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