[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30018]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5920-9]


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 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 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) Ecological Indicators, (2) Drinking Water, (3) Air 
Pollution Chemistry and Physics, (4) Urban Air Toxics, (5) Health 
Effects and Exposures to Particulate Matter and Associated Air 
Pollutants, and (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental 
Policy (joint with the National Science Foundation). Applications 
must be received as follows: January 15, 1998, for topic (6); 
January 29, 1998, for topics (3) and (5); February 12, 1998, for 
topic (4); and February 26, 1998 for topics (1) and (2).

    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 Ecological Indicators RFA is Barbara 
Levinson ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6911; 
for Drinking Water, William Stelz ([email protected]), 
telephone 202-564-6834; for Air Pollution Chemistry and Physics, Urban 
Air Toxics, and Health Effects and exposures to Particulate Matter and 
Associated Air Pollutants is Deran Pashayan 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6913; and for 
Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy is Deborah 
Hanlon ([email protected]), telephone 202-5646836.

    Dated: November 3, 1997.

    Approved for publication:
S. A. Lingle,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-30018 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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