[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64473-64474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31072]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6191-7]


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 year 1999 investigator-initiated grants program announcements, 
in which the

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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 announcements 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) Integrated Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change, (2) 
Ecological Indicators, (3) Regional Scale Analysis and Assessment, (4) 
Urban Air Toxics, (5) Mercury: Transport and Fate through a Watershed; 
and (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy (in 
cooperation with the National Science Foundation). Applications must be 
received as follows: January 21, 1999, for topics (1) and (3); February 
1, 1999, for topic (6); February 4, 1999, for topics (2) and (5); and 
February 18, 1999, 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 person for the (1) Integrated Assessment of the 
Consequences of Climate Change, (2) Ecological Indicators, (3) Regional 
Scale Analysis and Assessment, and (5) Mercury: Transport and Fate 
through a Watershed RFAs is Barbara Levinson 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6911; contact 
person for the (4) Urban Air Toxics RFA is Deran Pashayan 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6913; and contact 
persons for the (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental 
Policy RFA is Alan Carlin ([email protected]), telephone 202-
260-5732, and Rachelle Hollander ([email protected]), telephone 703-306-
1743 (voice) or 703-306-0485 (FAX).

    Dated: November 12, 1998.
Norine E. Noonan,
Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-31072 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am]
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