[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47494-47495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23838]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5889-7]


Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of the 
fiscal year 1998 investigator-initiated grants program announcements, 
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: 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), 401 M Street SW., Washington,

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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.

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) Exploratory Research, (2) Indicators of Global Climate Change, and 
(3) Interindividual Variation in Human Susceptibility to 
Environmentally-caused Disease. Applications must be received as 
follows: December 16, 1997, for the human health and environmental 
chemistry areas of exploratory research; February 12, 1998, for 
Indicators of Global Climate Change and Interindividual Variation in 
Human Susceptibility to Environmentally-caused Disease; March 12, 1998, 
for the physics and environmental engineering areas of exploratory 
research; and March 31, 1998, for the environmental biology area of 
exploratory research.
    The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's 
interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review 
process.
    Contact person for the Exploratory Research RFA is Clyde Bishop 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6914; for Indicators 
of Global Change, Barbara Levinson ([email protected]), 
telephone 202-564-6911; and for Interindividual Variation in Human 
Susceptibility to Environmentally-caused Disease, David Reese 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6919.

    Dated: August 28, 1997.

    Approved for publication:
Henry L. Longest II,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-23838 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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