[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 127 (Monday, July 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16571]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7003-3]


Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of request for applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of fiscal 
year 2001 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 areas 
within the solicitations and are listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
National Center for Environmental Research (8703R), 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., 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) Mercury: Transport, Transformation, and Fate in the Atmosphere; (2) 
Corporate Environmental Behavior: Examining the Effectiveness of 
Government Interventions and Voluntary Initiatives; (3) Issues in Human 
Health Risk Assessment: Novel Mechanistic Approaches in Human Health 
Risk Assessment; (4) Health Effects of Chemical Contaminants in 
Drinking Water; and (5) Microbial Risk in Drinking Water. Applications 
must be received as follows: August 15, 2001, for topics (1) and (2); 
September 12, 2001, for topic (3); September 17, 2001, for topics (4) 
and (5). 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 Mercury RFA is William Stelz 
([email protected], telephone 202-564-6834. Contact person for the 
Corporate Environmental Behavior RFA, is Susan Carillo 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-4664. Contact person for the 
Human Health Risk Assessment RFA is Chris Saint, telephone 202-564-6909 
([email protected]) or Nigel Fields, telephone 228-688-1981 
([email protected]). Contact person for the Drinking Water RFAs is 
Maggie Breville, telephone 202-564-6893 ([email protected]).

    Dated: June 13, 2001.

    Approved for publication:
Ann Akland,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 01-16571 Filed 6-29-01; 8:45 am]
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