[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 136 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18993]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6124-9]


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 
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 investigator-initiated grants program 
announcements, in which the areas of research interest, eligibility and 
submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and implementation 
schedules 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 under ``announcements.''

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) Futures: Detecting the Early Signals; (2) Airborne Particulate 
Matter Centers; (3) Endocrine Disruptors (in cooperation with the 
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of the 
Interior, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy); and (4) Children's 
Vulnerability to Toxic Substances in the Environment. Applications must 
be received as follows: August 31, 1998, for topic (1); October 28, 
1998, for topic (2); September 16, 1998, for topic (3); and September 
30, 1998, for topic (4).
    The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's 
interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review 
process.
    Contact persons for the Futures RFA are Roger Cortesi 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6852, and Robert 
Menzer ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6849. Contact 
person for the Airborne Particulate Matter Centers RFA is Deran 
Pashayan ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6913. 
Contact persons for the Endocrine Disruptors RFA are EPA: David Reese 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6919, and Robert 
Menzer; NIEHS: Gwen Collman ([email protected]), telephone 919-541-
4980, and Jerry Heindel ([email protected]), telephone 919-541-
0781; DOI: Michael Mac ([email protected]), telephone 703-648-4073; 
and NOAA: Teri Rowles ([email protected]), telephone 301-713-2322. 
Contact person for the Children's Vulnerability RFA is Chris Saint 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6909.

    Dated: June 30, 1998.
Deborah Y. Dietrich,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-18993 Filed 7-15-98; 8:45 am]
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