[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 223 (Friday, November 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69516-69517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29505]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6903-6]


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 fiscal 
year 2001 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 areas 
within the solicitations and are listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
National Center for Environmental Research (8703R), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490-9194. The 
complete announcements 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) Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking 
(EMPACT); (2) Children's Vulnerability to Toxic Substances in the 
Environment; (3) Research Program on Statistical Survey Design and 
Analysis for Aquatic

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Resources (joint with NASA); (4) Aggregate Exposure Assessment for 
Pesticides: Longitudinal Case Studies; (5) Ecological Indicators for 
Gulf of Mexico Estuaries; and (6) Environmental Statistics Center. 
Applications must be received as follows: February 21, 2001, for topic 
(1); February 28, 2001, for topic (2); March 1, 2001, for topic (3); 
March 7, 2001, for topic (4); March 8, 2001, for topic (5); and March 
21, 2001, for topic (6).
    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 EMPACT RFA are Barbara Karn 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0dbd1c2de9ed2d1c2d2d1c2d1f0d5c0d19ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="325953405c1c50534050534053725742531c555d44">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-564-6820, and Charlotte Cottrill 
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b78746f6f697277773578737a6977746f6f7e5b7e6b7a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1828e959593888d8dcf828980938d8e959584a1849180cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-564-6771. Contact person 
for the Children's Vulnerability RFA, the Aggregate Exposure Assessment 
for Pesticides RFA, and the Environmental Statistics Center RFA is 
Chris Saint (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5724363e392379343f253e241732273679303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3a0b2babda7fdb0bba1baa093b6a3b2fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-564-6909. Contact 
persons for the Ecological Indicators for Gulf of Mexico Estuaries RFA 
are Barbara Levinson (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#056960736c6b766a6b2b67647767647764456075642b626a73"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f09c9586999e839f9ede92918292918291b0958091de979f86">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-564-
6911, and Eric Lindstrom (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9df8f1f4f3f9eee9efddf5ecb3f3fceefcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47222b2e2923343335072f36692926342669202831">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-358-
4540. Contact person for the Statistical Survey Design and Analysis RFA 
is Barbara Levinson (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8848d9e81869b8786c68a899a8a899a89a88d9889c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b474e5d424558444505494a59494a594a6b4e5b4a054c445d">[email protected]</span></a>), telephone 202-564-6911.

    Dated: November 1, 2000.
    Approved for publication
Norine E. Noonan,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-29505 Filed 11-16-00; 8:45 am]
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