[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18993]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6124-9]
Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of request for applications.
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SUMMARY: This document provides information on the availability of
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 investigator-initiated grants program
announcements, in which the areas of research interest, eligibility and
submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and implementation
schedules 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 under ``announcements.''
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) Futures: Detecting the Early Signals; (2) Airborne Particulate
Matter Centers; (3) Endocrine Disruptors (in cooperation with the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of the
Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the
Office of Science and Technology Policy); and (4) Children's
Vulnerability to Toxic Substances in the Environment. Applications must
be received as follows: August 31, 1998, for topic (1); October 28,
1998, for topic (2); September 16, 1998, for topic (3); and September
30, 1998, for topic (4).
The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's
interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review
process.
Contact persons for the Futures RFA are Roger Cortesi
(cortesi.roger@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6852, and Robert
Menzer (menzer.robert@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6849. Contact
person for the Airborne Particulate Matter Centers RFA is Deran
Pashayan (pashayan.deran@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6913.
Contact persons for the Endocrine Disruptors RFA are EPA: David Reese
(reese.david@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6919, and Robert
Menzer; NIEHS: Gwen Collman (collman@niehs.nih.gov), telephone 919-541-
4980, and Jerry Heindel (heindel__j@niehs.nih.gov), telephone 919-541-
0781; DOI: Michael Mac (michael__mac@usgs.gov), telephone 703-648-4073;
and NOAA: Teri Rowles (teri.rowles@noaa.gov), telephone 301-713-2322.
Contact person for the Children's Vulnerability RFA is Chris Saint
(saint.chris@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6909.
Dated: June 30, 1998.
Deborah Y. Dietrich,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-18993 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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