[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 52606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25966]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7093-9]


Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of request for applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of fiscal 
year 2002 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. The complete announcement 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 for the following areas: (1) Epidemiologic Research on 
Health Effects of Long-term Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter and 
Other Air Pollutants and (2) Development of Watershed Classification 
Systems for Diagnosis of Biological Impairment in Watersheds. 
Applications must be received no later than 4 p.m. ET on January 18, 
2002 for topic (1) and January 30, 2002 for topic (2). 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 Particulate Matter RFA are Stacey Katz 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-8201 and Gail Robarge 
([email protected]), telephone 202-564-8301. Contact person for the 
Watershed Classification RFA is William Stelz ([email protected]), 
telephone 202-564-6834.

    Dated: October 1, 2001.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
[FR Doc. 01-25966 Filed 10-15-01; 8:45 am]
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