[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35337-35338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13843]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 fiscal 
year 2000 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 (8703R), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490-9194. The 
complete announcement can be accessed on the Internet from the EPA

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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) Corporate Environmental Performance and the Effectiveness of 
Government Interventions; (2) Complex Chemical Mixtures (joint with 
NIOSH and NIEHS); and (3) Drinking Water. Applications must be received 
as follows: July 24, 2000, for topic (1); July 10, 2000, for topic (2); 
and July 31, 2000, for topic (3).
    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 Corporate Environmental Performance RFA are 
Matthew Clark ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6842, and 
Robert Menzer ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6849. Contact 
persons for the Complex Chemical Mixtures RFA are Chris Saint 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6909, Thomas Veirs 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6831, Michael Galvin 
([email protected]), telephone 404-639-1533, and Claudia Thompson 
([email protected]), telephone 919-541-4638. Contact person for 
the Drinking Water RFA is Cynthia Nolt-Helms ([email protected]), telephone 202-564-6763.

    Dated: May 19, 2000.
Peter Durant,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-13843 Filed 6-1-00; 8:45 am]
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