[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30018]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5920-9]
Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency
ACTION: Notice of request for applications.
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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of the
fiscal year 1998 investigator-initiated grants program announcements,
in which the areas of research interest, eligibility and submission
requirements, evaluation criteria, and implementation schedule are set
forth. Grants will be competitively awarded following peer review.
DATES: Receipt dates vary depending on the specific research area
within the solicitation and are listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance
(8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490-
9194. The complete announcement can be accessed on the Internet from
the EPA home page: http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its Requests for Applications (RFA)
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites research
grant applications in the following areas of special interest to
its mission: (1) Ecological Indicators, (2) Drinking Water, (3) Air
Pollution Chemistry and Physics, (4) Urban Air Toxics, (5) Health
Effects and Exposures to Particulate Matter and Associated Air
Pollutants, and (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental
Policy (joint with the National Science Foundation). Applications
must be received as follows: January 15, 1998, for topic (6);
January 29, 1998, for topics (3) and (5); February 12, 1998, for
topic (4); and February 26, 1998 for topics (1) and (2).
The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's
interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review
process.
Contact person for the Ecological Indicators RFA is Barbara
Levinson (levinson.barbara@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6911;
for Drinking Water, William Stelz (stelz.william@epamail.epa.gov),
telephone 202-564-6834; for Air Pollution Chemistry and Physics, Urban
Air Toxics, and Health Effects and exposures to Particulate Matter and
Associated Air Pollutants is Deran Pashayan
(pashayan.deran@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6913; and for
Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy is Deborah
Hanlon (hanlon.deborah@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-5646836.
Dated: November 3, 1997.
Approved for publication:
S. A. Lingle,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-30018 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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