[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5534]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5438-1]


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 
supplemental announcements for the fiscal year 1996 investigator-
initiated grants program, in which the areas of research interest, 
eligibility and submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and 
implementation schedule are set forth. Grants will be competitively 
awarded following peer review.

DATES: Proposals must be received at the contact point by May 1, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance 
(8703), 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460, telephone (202) 260-
3837, telefax (202) 260-2039. The complete announcements can be 
accessed on the Internet from the EPA home page menus: <http://
www.epa.gov/OER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its Request 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) Endocrine Disruptors, (2) Role of Interindividual Variation in 
Human Susceptibility to Cancer, (3) Risk-based Decisions for 
Contaminated Sediments, in one document, and (4) Bioremediation, 
jointly with the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and 
the Office of Naval Research, in a second document.
    The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's 
interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review 
process.

Contacts for Research Topics of Interest

Endocrine Disruptors

 Robert Menzer, 202-260-5779
[email protected]

Role of Interindividual Variation in Human Susceptibility to Cancer
 David Reese, 202-260-7342
[email protected]

Risk-Based Decisions for Contaminated Sediments
 David Reese, 202-260-7342
[email protected]
Bioremediation
 Robert Menzer, 202-260-5779
[email protected]

    Dated: March 1, 1996.
Robert J. Huggett,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-5534 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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