[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63800-63801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30361]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 00-03;
Fundamental Plant and Microbial Research in Carbon Management
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), of the Office of
Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its
interest in receiving applications for research grants in the area of
fundamental research underlying potential strategies to reduce or limit
gaseous carbon production from fossil fuel use. Research-related
activities in areas of interest to the Division of Energy Biosciences
include biochemical, molecular genetic, and cellular mechanisms of
carbon fixation metabolism in plants and microbes.
DATES: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a brief
preapplication. All preapplications, referencing Program Notice 00-03,
should be received by DOE by January 12, 2000. A response regarding the
potential program relevance of the preapplication and encouraging or
discouraging a formal application will be communicated to the applicant
by January 31, 2000.
The deadline for receipt of formal applications is March 1, 2000,
in order to be accepted for merit review and to permit timely
consideration for award in Fiscal Year 2000.
ADDRESSES: All preapplications, referencing Program Notice 00-03,
should be sent to Dr. Gregory L. Dilworth, Division of Energy
Biosciences, SC-17, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901
Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290.
Formal applications, referencing Program Notice 00-03, should be
sent to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Grants and
Contracts Division, SC-64, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-
1290, ATTN: Program Notice 00-03. This address must also be used when
submitting applications by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail or any
other commercial overnight delivery service, or when hand-carried by
the applicant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions concerning research
topics in specific technical areas, contact: Dr. Gregory L. Dilworth,
Division of Energy Biosciences, SC-17, Office of Science, U.S.
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290,
telephone (301) 903-2873, fax (301) 903-1003, e-mail:
greg.dilworth@science.doe.gov
The full text of Program Notice 00-03 is available via the Internet
using the following web site address: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/
grants/grants.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Conversion of sunlight to fuels and
chemicals by plants and microorganisms and the interconversion of
greenhouse gases requires a better understanding of plant and microbial
biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology, and the structure and
function of enzymes and sub-cellular components. Areas of specific
interest include fundamental understanding in photosynthesis,
photochemistry, photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic carbon fixation,
plant and microbial carbon biochemistry, regulatory control of plant
assimilate allocation and transport, molecular regulatory mechanisms
controlling carbon metabolism, and related areas of bioscience.
Program Funding
It is anticipated that up to $4.8 million will be available for
multiple grant awards to be made in FY 2000. Multiple year funding of
grant awards is expected, and is also contingent on the availability of
appropriated funds, progress of the research, and continuing program
need. Applications received by the Office of Science under its normal
competitive application mechanisms may also be deemed appropriate for
consideration under this announcement and may be funded under this
program.
Applicants may collaborate with researchers in other institutions,
such as industry, non-profit organizations, federal laboratories and
Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), including
the DOE National Laboratories. A parallel announcement with a similar
potential total amount of funds will be issued for DOE Federally Funded
Research and Development Centers. All projects will be evaluated using
the same criteria, regardless of the submitting institution.
Applications will be subjected to scientific merit review (peer
review) and will be evaluated against the following evaluation criteria
listed in descending order of importance as codified at 10 CFR
605.10(d):
1. Scientific and/or Technical Merit of the Project,
2. Appropriateness of the Proposed Method or Approach,
3. Competency of Applicant's Personnel and Adequacy of Proposed
Resources,
4. Reasonableness and Appropriateness of the Proposed Budget.
The evaluation will include program policy factors such as the
relevance of the proposed research to the terms of the announcement and
this agency's programmatic needs. Note, external peer reviewers are
selected with regard to both their scientific expertise and the absence
of conflict-of-interest issues. Non-federal reviewers may be used, and
submission of an application constitutes agreement that this is
acceptable to the investigator(s) and the submitting institution.
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Information about the development, submission of applications,
eligibility, limitations, evaluation, the selection process, and other
policies and procedures may be found in 10 CFR part 605, and in the
Application Guide for the Office of Science Financial Assistance
Program. Electronic access to the Guide and required forms is made
available via the World Wide Web at: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/
grants/grants.html. On the SC grant face page, form DOE F 4650.2, in
block 15, also provide the PI's phone number, fax number and e-mail
address. The research description must be 10 pages or less, exclusive
of figure illustrations, and must contain an abstract or summary of the
proposed research (to include the hypotheses being tested and the
proposed experimental design). Attachments include curriculum vitae, a
listing of all current and pending federal support, and letters of
intent when collaborations are part of the proposed research.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this
program is 81.049, and the solicitation control number is ERFAP 10
CFR part 605.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 12, 1999.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 99-30361 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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