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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Science Education and Technical Information

 

Energy Research Financial Assistance Program Notice 95-06: 
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 Science Education and Technical Information (ET) 
of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in keeping with its energy-
related mission to assist in strengthening the Nation's human resource 
infrastructure through the support of science, engineering, and 
mathematics education at all levels of education, 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 in those areas. Subject to availability of funds, approximately 
$7 million will be available for awards under the DOE/EPSCoR Program in 
FY 1995 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, January 25, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Application materials are available from the Office of 
Science Education and Technical Information, ET-31, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone requests for application 
materials may be made by calling (202) 586-8949. The completed 
applications referencing Program Notice 95-06 must be submitted to: 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Acquisition and 
Assistance Management Division, ER-64, room F-220, Washington, D.C. 
20585, ATTN: Program Notice 95-06. The following address 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: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, 
Acquisition and Assistance Management Division, ER-64, 19901 Germantown 
Road, Germantown, MD 20784. Telephone and telefax numbers must also be 
included in any application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna J. Prokop, DOE/EPSCoR Program 
Manager, Office of Science Education and Technical Information, ET-31, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8949--
Telephone, (202) 586-0019--Fax.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Senate report accompanying the FY 1995 
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Bill (S. Rep. No. 484, 103rd 
Cong., 2nd Sess., pg. 90) 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) at 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 implement plans formulated 
under the previously awarded DOE/EPSCoR planning grants. New awards 
will provide funding for state management and coordination, human 
resource development activities, and research collaboration including 
student research activities. Approximately two to three new awards will 
be issued for a two-year period and up to a maximum of $1.25 million 
each for activities described above. In addition, DOE anticipates 
providing support for three to four renewal awards for projects begun 
under the DOE/EPSCoR initiative in FY 1993. Renewal awards will be 
issued for a one-year period and up to a maximum of $1.25 million. Any 
remaining balance of the estimated $7 million will be used to award 
funds to enable unsuccessful DOE/EPSCoR state committees to upgrade and 
refine state energy-related plans.
    In addition, as a tangible measure of an applicant's commitment to 
the objectives of the DOE/EPSCoR Program, cost-sharing on a 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 the amount awarded by the 
DOE; i.e. for every dollar provided by DOE, the recipient must provide 
a dollar 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 605. The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance number of this program is 81.049.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 1994.
William A. Lewis, Jr.,
Director, Office of University and Science Education.
[FR Doc. 94-26917 Filed 10-28-94; 8:45 am]
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