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Investigator-Initiated Grants: Requests for Applications

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  [Federal Register: March 15, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 51)]
[Notices]
[Page 13964]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Investigator-Initiated Grants: Requests for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Requests for Applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of fiscal
year 2000 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), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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) Assessing the Consequences of Interactions between Human Activities
and a Changing Climate; (2) Development of National Aquatic Ecosystem
Classifications and Reference Conditions; (3) Valuation of Children's
Health Effects; (4) Recreational Water Quality: Indicators and
Interstitial Zones; and (5) Exploratory Research to Anticipate Future
Environmental Issues. Applications must be received as follows: April
26, 2000, for topic (1); April 17, 2000, for topic (2); June 6, 2000,
for topics (3) and (4); and July 6, 2000, for topic (5).
    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 ``Assessing the Consequences of
Interactions between Human Activities and a Changing Climate'' RFA is
Bernice L. Smith (smith.bernicel@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6934.
Contact person for the ``Development of National Aquatic Ecosystem
Classifications and Reference Conditions'' RFA is Barbara Levinson
(levinson.barbara@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6911. Contact person for
the ``Valuation of Children's Health Effects'' RFA is Matthew Clark
(clark.matthew@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6842. Contact person for the
``Recreational Water Quality: Indicators and Interstitial Zones'' RFA
is Cynthia Nolt-Helms (nolt-helms.cynthia@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-
6763. Contact persons for the ``Exploratory Research to Anticipate
Future Environmental Issues'' RFA are David Kleffman
(kleffman.david@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6903, Roger Cortesi
(cortesi.roger@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6852, and Barbara Levinson
(levinson.barbara@epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6911.

    Dated: February 29, 2000.

    Approved for publication.
Norine E. Noonan,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-6396 Filed 3-14-00; 8:45 am]
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