[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33226]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5937-9]


Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of request for applications.

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SUMMARY: This document 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 in Supplementary Information 
section.

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) Regional Scale Analysis and Assessment, (2) Water and Watersheds 
(joint with the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, (3) Technology for a Sustainable Environment (joint with 
the National Science Foundation), (4) Bioremediation (joint with the 
Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and Office of Naval 
Research), and (5) Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms 
(ECOHAB) (joint with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 
Administration, National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, and National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration). Applications must be received as follows: February 12, 
1998, for topic (1); February 17, 1998, for topic (3); February 23, 
1998, for topic (5); February 27, 1998, for topic (4); and April 1, 
1998 for topic (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 Regional Scale Analysis and Assessment RFA 
and Water and Watersheds RFA is Barbara Levinson 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6911; for 
Technology for a Sustainable Environment is Barbara Karn 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6824; for 
Bioremediation is Robert Menzer ([email protected]), 
telephone 202-564-6849, and for Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful 
Algal Blooms is Sheila Rosenthal ([email protected]), 
telephone 202-564-6916.

    Dated: December 10, 1997.
Stephen A. Lingle,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 97-33226 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am]
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