[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47508-47509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19466]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 00144]


Environmental Signals and Sensors: A Virtual Center for Disease 
Prevention in Humans and Ecosystems; Notice of Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2000 funds for a grant program to 
study the underlying biochemical and genetic mechanisms by which 
environmental chemicals affect human health and signal the onset of 
disease.

B. Eligible Applicant

Single Source

    Assistance will be provided only to the University of Mississippi 
Medical Center. No other applications are solicited.
    The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is the most 
appropriate organization to conduct the work under this grant program 
for the following reasons:
    1. The University of Mississippi and Tulane University have 
established a center for environmental medicine and toxicology at the 
University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi. [The 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, (Public Law 106-113) provided 
financial support which ``shall be for the Center for Environmental 
Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center 
at Jackson.'']
    2. The UMMC has taken a leadership role in forming a consortium 
with the University of Mississippi at Oxford and the Center for 
Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) at Tulane and Xavier Universities to 
assemble scientific teams to address environmental issues. Active 
collaborations between investigators at the participating institutions 
are in place to perform the required activities

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of this program. UMMC is strategically located between the Tulane and 
Xavier Universities, and is the only university which focuses solely on 
biomedical research in the State of Mississippi. Ten investigators from 
the University of Mississippi Medical Center, six from the University 
of Mississippi at Oxford and seventeen from the Center for 
Bioenvironmental Research form the core of the consortium. Four 
clusters of investigators have been assembled to work jointly on 
important subsets of environmental research. Each cluster is co-chaired 
by investigators from two of the four participating institutions.
    3. UMMC has formed a consortium with two other universities to 
conduct environmental research. Thus, UMMC may readily disseminate 
health and environmental data between participating partners which will 
be essential to completion of this project.

C. Availability of Funds

    Approximately $2,634,547 is available in FY 2000 to fund this 
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or about September 
30, 2000, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a 
project period of up to five years. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    If you have questions after reviewing the contents of all the 
documents, business management technical assistance may be obtained 
from: William Paradies, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management 
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Room 3000, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146. 
Telephone number: (770) 488-2721; E-mail address: [email protected].
    For program technical assistance, contact: Lawrence E. Posey, 
Acting Deputy Director, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health 
Effects, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S E-19, Atlanta, GA 30333. Telephone 
number: (404) 639-7274; E-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: July 27, 2000.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-19466 Filed 8-1-00; 8:45 am]
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