[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30777]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service 
(CSREES).

ACTION: Notice to Re-submit Applications for the FY 2002 National 
Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRICGP).

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SUMMARY: Applicant institutions that have not received confirmation of 
receipt of NRICGP proposals sent in response to the November 15, 2001, 
deadline are requested to re-submit their proposals. Re-submitted 
proposals are due no later than close of business on December 21, 2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 16, 2001, (66 FR 43048) CSREES 
announced the availability of the FY 2002 solicitation for applications 
which is entitled the ``NRI Program Description and Guidelines for 
Proposal Preparation'' for the National Research Initiative Competitive 
Grants Program. The solicitation invited applications for competitive 
grant awards in agricultural, forest, and related environmental 
sciences for FY 2002, and required that proposals be postmarked or 
delivered on or before dates provided in the table at the end of the 
notice. Proposals for the following Program Areas were due on or before 
November 15, 2001:
     Plant Responses to the Environment, Code 22.1
     Managed Ecosystems, Code 23.1
     Soils and Soil Biology, Code 25.0
     Watershed Processes and Water Resources, Code 26.0
     Improving Human Nutrition for Optimal Health, Code 31.0
     Biology of Weedy and Invasive Plants, Code 51.9
    Because of problems with mail delivery at the time of the November 
15th deadline, CSREES is not confident it received all applications. 
CSREES thus requests that applicant institutions that have not received 
confirmation of receipt of applications submitted to meet the November 
15, 2001, NRICGP deadline re-submit applications by close of business 
on December 21, 2001. To avoid duplicate submissions, CSREES will 
confirm delivery with the institutional Authorized Organization 
Representative (AOR) of applications delivered successfully at the 
November 15th NRICGP deadline. If the submitting institution is not 
contacted by CSREES, the institution should assume that the 
application(s) were not received and should re-submit them.

DATES: Re-submitted proposals are due no later than close of business 
on December 21, 2001. All other NRICGP deadlines are retained as 
published in the FY 2002 Program Description.

ADDRESSES: An original and 14 copies of the re-submitted proposals must 
be sent via commercial overnight delivery service only, and shipped to 
the following address: NRI; c/o Proposal Services Unit; Cooperative 
State Research, Education and Extension Service; U.S. Department of 
Agriculture; Room 1307, Waterfront Centre; 800 9th Street, SW.; 
Washington, DC 20024; telephone: (202) 401-5048.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Janice Donatone, Team Leader, 
Proposal Services Unit; phone: (202) 401-5048; E-mail: [email protected].
    Additional information concerning this issue is posted on the 
Agency's Web site at: www.reeusda.gov.

    Done at Washington, DC this 7th day of December, 2001.
Gary Cunningham,
Associate Administrator, Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service.
[FR Doc. 01-30777 Filed 12-7-01; 4:23 pm]
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