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[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57-58]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31566]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Research

Energy Research Financial Assistance Program Notice 96-07: 
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 Basic Energy Sciences (BES) of the Office of 
Energy Research (ER), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with 
its energy-related mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's 
scientific research enterprise through the support of science, 
engineering, and mathematics, 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. Subject to 
availability of funds, approximately $7 million will be available for 
awards under the DOE/EPSCoR Program in FY1996 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, February 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Application materials are available from Donna J. Prokop, 
DOE/EPSCoR Program Manager, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, ER-132, 
U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 
20874-1290. Telephone requests for application materials may be made by 
calling (301) 903-3426.
    The completed formal applications referencing Program Notice 96-07, 
must be submitted to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy 
Research, Grants and Contracts Division, ER-64, 19901 Germantown Road, 
Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, ATTN: Program Notice 96-07. The above 
address also 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna J. Prokop, DOE/EPSCoR Program 
Manager, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, ER-132, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, 
Telephone, (301) 903-3426--Fax. (301) 903-9513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senate report accompanying the FY 1996 
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill (S.Rep. No. 104-120, 
104th Congress, 1st Sess., pg. 96) 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) by 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 provide renewal support for up 
to seven of the Research Implementation Awards begun under the DOE/
EPSCoR initiative in FY 1993 and FY 1994. Recipients of Research 
Implementation Awards in these fiscal years include: Alabama, Maine, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, and Puerto Rico. Renewal awards 
will be issued for a one-year period with up to a maximum award amount 
of $1.0 million. In addition, as a tangible measure of an applicant's 
commitment to the objectives of the DOE/EPSCoR Program, cost-sharing on 
a minimum 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 or 
greater than the amount awarded by DOE; i.e. for every dollar provided 
by DOE, the recipient must provide a dollar or more 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 

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605. Electronic access to ER's Financial Assistance Guide is possible 
via the Internet using the following E-mail address: http://www.er.doe.gov/ The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number of this program 
is 81.049, and the solicitation control number is ERFAP 10 CFR Part 
605.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on December 22, 1995.
Martha A. Krebs,
Director, Office of Energy Research.
[FR Doc. 95-31566 Filed 12-29-95; 8:45 am]
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