[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24116-24117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11881]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No.: 000911256-1111-02]
RIN 0693-ZA40


Small Grants program

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On Thursday, January 11, 2001, the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) announced in the Federal Register the 
availability of fiscal year 2001 funds for thirteen small grants 
programs. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that under 
three of those programs, the Materials Science and Engineering Grants 
Program; the Physics Laboratory Grants Program; and the Chemical 
Science and Technology Laboratory Grants Program, priority will be 
given to proposals in the area of Nanotechnology, and a portion of the 
funding available for each of those programs will be allocated for 
awards in the area of Nanotechnology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the MSEL Grants Program, contact 
Dr. Stephen M. Hsu, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 
Bureau Drive, Stop 8520, Building 223, Room A 265, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland 20899-8520, Tel: (301) 975-6120, E-mail: [email protected].
    For the Physics Laboratory Grant Program contact Ms. Anita 
Sweigert, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau 
Drive, Stop 8400, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8400, Tel (301) 975-4200, E-
Mail: [email protected].
    For the Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Grant Program 
contact Dr. William F. Koch, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8300, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8300, 
Tel: (301) 975-8301, E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 11, 2001, NIST published a 
document in the Federal Register announcing the availability of fiscal 
year 2001 funds for (1) Precision Measurement Grants; (2) Physics 
Laboratory (PL) 2001 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF); 
(3) Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) 2001 Summer 
Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF); (4) Manufacturing 
Engineering Laboratory (MEL) 2001 Summer Undergraduate Research 
Fellowships (SURF); (5) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) 2001 
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF); (6) Building and Fire 
Research Laboratory (BFRL); 2001 Summer Undergraduate Research 
Fellowships (SURF); (7) Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEEL); 
2001 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF); (8) Materials 
Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) Grants Program; (9) Fire 
Research Grants Program; (10) Physics Laboratory (PL) Grants Program; 
(11) Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) grants Program; 
(12) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) Grants program; and 
(13) Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL) Grants 
Program (66 FR 2398, January 11, 2001). On January 24, 2001, NIST 
published a document in the Federal Register making minor corrections 
to the earlier publication (66 FR 7627, January 24, 2001). All 
information and requirements as published in the January 11, 2001 
publication, as corrected by the January 24, 2001 publication, remain 
in effect.
    NIST's fiscal year 2001 appropriation included funding for an 
initiative in the area of Nanotechnology, The initiative funds have now 
been allocated to the NIST laboratories that submitted successful 
proposals to the Acting NIST Director. Due to a combination of the 
timing of NIST's appropriation, the proposal review and selection 
process for distribution of the funding to the NIST laboratories, and a 
recent decision that financial assistance is an appropriate mechanism 
for carrying out the Nanotechnology programs selected, NIST now informs 
the public that under the MSEL Grants program, the PL Grants program, 
and the CSTL Grants program, priority will be given to proposals in the 
area of Nanotechnology, and a portion of the funding available for each 
of those programs will be allocated for awards in the area of 
Nanotechnology as described below. Applications submitted to these 
programs prior to publication of this notice in the area of 
Nanotechnology will be considered for the reserved funding and for the 
remaining funds announced in the January 11, 2001 notice, as described 
below.

MSEL Grants Program

    Of the approximately $2,500,000 available in fiscal year 2001, 
approximately $300,000 will be allocated solely for funding awards in 
Nanotechnology in the area of Nanotechnology. The MSEL Grants Program 
may fund more than one award from this allocation. From the remaining 
$2,200,000, other highly rated proposals in the area of Nanotechnology 
may be funded.

Physics Laboratory Grants Program

    Of the approximately $1,400,000 available in fiscal year 2001, 
approximately $210,000 will be allocated solely for funding awards in 
Quibit decoherence and moving quantum information over larger 
distances. The PL Grants Program anticipates funding one award from 
this allocation. From the remaining $1,190,000, other highly rated 
proposals in the area of Nanotechnology may be funded. Funding 
available for the PL Grants Program will remain at approximately 
$1,400,00 this fiscal year.

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Grants Program

    Of the approximately $1,000,000 available in fiscal year 2001, 
approximately $150,000 will be allocated solely for funding awards in 
Nanotechnology in the areas of

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Molecular Synthesis and/or Scanning-Probe Characterization. The CSTL 
Grants Program anticipates funding one award from this allocation. From 
the remaining $850,000, other highly rates proposals in the area of 
Nanotechnology may be funded.

    Dated: May 4, 2001.
Karen H. Brown,
Deputy Director.
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