[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2712]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 02-17: 
Fusion 2002 Summer Study, Snowmass Village, CO, Supplemental Travel 
Funding

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for supplemental travel funding.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES) of the Office of 
Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy hereby announces its interest 
in receiving applications for supplemental travel funding for existing 
grants to allow researchers and graduate students who are members of 
the fusion energy science community to participate in the Snowmass 2002 
Fusion Energy Sciences Summer Study to be held July 8-19, 2002, 
Snowmass Village, Colorado. Preference will be given to requests to 
supplement existing grants funded at levels less than $500,000 per 
year.

DATES: To permit timely consideration for awards in Fiscal Year 2002, 
formal applications in response to this notice should be received on or 
before March 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Completed formal applications referencing Program Notice 02-
17, should be forwarded to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Science, Grants and Contracts Division, SC-64, 19901 Germantown Road, 
Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290, ATTN: Program Notice 02-17. The above 
address must also be used when submitting applications by U.S. Postal 
Service Express, any other commercial mail delivery service or when 
hand carried by the applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold H. Kritz, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Science Division, SC-55 
(GTN), 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, Maryland 20874-1290. 
Telephone: (301) 903-2027. e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objective of the supplemental travel 
funding is to encourage broad participation by fusion science 
researchers in the Snowmass 2002 Fusion Energy Sciences Summer Study. 
This funding is intended to supplement existing grants funded by the 
Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. Preference will be given to requests 
to supplement grants with an annual budget of less than $200,000. 
Principal Investigators of existing grants may submit requests for 
supplemental funding to support travel, up to a maximum of $2500 per 
person, for any researcher or graduate student supported by their 
grant. Requests for travel funds for both researchers and graduate 
students can be included in the same application for supplemental 
funding.
    It is expected that $60,000 will be available to support 
supplemental travel for faculty and research staff. In order to 
encourage student participation in the meeting, an additional $20,000 
is expected to be available to support graduate student travel, with 
preference given to students nearing completion of their Ph.D. degree.
    The request for supplemental funding should include a page for each 
traveler, not to exceed 300 words, describing how the Summer Study 
relates to the traveler's research and what the traveler is likely to 
contribute to the Summer Study. The supplemental travel funding for 
each proposed traveler will be reviewed competitively with awards based 
on the applicant's likely level of participation in the Meeting as well 
as potential benefit to the fusion program resulting from the 
applicant's attendance at the Fusion 2002 Summer Study Meeting. 
Additional information about the objectives of the Fusion 2002 Summer 
Study at Snowmass can be obtained from the Web site at: http://
lithos.gat.com/snowmass/
    The request for each traveler should indicate the Snowmass Working 
Group, or Groups, in which the traveler expects to participate. Briefly 
describe how the individual's research will enable him/her to 
contribute to the topic of the specified Snowmass Working Group(s) and/
or how the participation in the program of the Snowmass Working 
group(s) will benefit the individual's fusion research program. A 
listing of the Snowmass working groups can be found on the Web at: 
http://lithos.gat.com/snowmass/working.html. The request should also 
include a vitae for each traveler. The relationship between the 
traveler's research experience and the goals of the Snowmass meeting 
will be considered in evaluating the request. In the budget 
justification specify for each traveler the breakdown for travel, 
lodging and per diem costs.
    Applicants are expected to use the following ordered format to 
prepare applications.
     Face Page Form (DOE F 4650.2)
     Budget Page Form (DOE F 4620.1)
     Page with Budget Explanation
     One page for each traveler, not to exceed 300 words per 
traveler, describing how the Summer Study relates to the travelers 
research and what the traveler is likely to contribute to the Summer 
Study
     Biographical sketches or vitae, including relevant 
publications (limit two pages per traveler)
    General information about development and submission of 
applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluations and selection 
processes, and other policies and procedures are contained in the 
Application Guide for the Office of Science Financial Assistance 
Program and 10 CFR part 605 which is available on the World Wide Web 
at: http://www.science.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html. DOE is 
under no obligation to pay for any costs associated with the 
preparation or submission of applications.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for this program 
is 81.049, and the solicitation control number is ERFAP 10 CFR part 
605.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2002.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 02-2712 Filed 2-4-02; 8:45 am]
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