[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22183]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 02-28: 
Division of Nuclear Physics Outstanding Junior Investigator Program

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice inviting grant applications.

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SUMMARY: The Division of Nuclear Physics of the Office of Science (SC), 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), invites grant applications for support 
under the Outstanding Junior Investigator Program in nuclear physics. 
The purpose of this program is to support the development of individual 
research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers. 
Applications should be from tenure-track faculty who are currently 
involved in experimental or theoretical nuclear physics research or 
engaged in research associated with the U.S. nuclear data program and 
should be submitted through a U.S. academic institution.

DATES: To permit timely consideration of awards in Fiscal Year 2003, 
formal applications submitted in response to this notice must be 
received by November 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: We encourage you to submit formal applications in response 
to this solicitation electronically through DOE's Industry Interactive 
Procurement System (IIPS) at: http://e-center.doe.gov/ gov/. IIPS provides 
for the posting of solicitations and receipt of applications in a 
paperless environment via the Internet. Applications must be submitted 
through IIPS in PDF format by an authorized institutional business 
official. Questions regarding the operation of IIPS may be e-mailed to 
the IIPS Help Desk at: center.doe.gov">HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov or you may call the 
help desk at: (800) 683-0751. Further information on the use of IIPS by 
the Office of Science is available at: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.
    If you are unable to submit the application through IIPS, formal 
applications may be sent to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 
Science, Grants and Contracts Division, SC-64/Germantown Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290, ATTN: Program 
Notice 02-28.
    When submitting applications by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail, 
any commercial mail delivery service, or when hand carried by the 
applicant, the following address must be used: U.S. Department of 
Energy, Office of Science, Grants and Contracts Division, SC-64, 19901 
Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, ATTN: Program Notice 02-28.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dennis G. Kovar, Director, 
Division of Nuclear Physics, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, 
SC-23/Germantown Building, Office of Science, U.S. Department of 
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-1290. 
Telephone: (301) 903-3613. Fax: (301) 903-3833. E-Mail: 
[email protected]. The full text of Program Notice 02-28 is 
available via the World Wide Web using the following web address: 
http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the fourth year of an Outstanding 
Junior Investigator Program in Nuclear Physics. A principal goal of 
this program is to identify exceptionally talented nuclear physicists 
early in their careers and to facilitate the development of their 
research programs. The proposed research is expected to make an 
important contribution to the vigor of the U.S. Nuclear Physics 
program.
    The DOE expects to make several awards in Fiscal Year 2003; five 
awards were made in Fiscal Year 2002. The actual number of awards will 
be determined by the number of excellent applications and the total 
amount of funds available for this program. It is anticipated that a 
total of up to $250,000 will be available in Fiscal Year 2003 for 
funding the program, subject to availability of appropriated funds, and 
that awards would be for three to five year terms. At the end of the 
initial term, these grants may be renewed, subject to appropriate 
external peer review at the time of renewal, as long as the recipient's 
tenure status is unchanged.
    Applications will be subjected to scientific merit review (peer 
review) and will be evaluated against the following criteria, listed in 
descending order of importance as codified at 10 CFR Part 605.10 (d):
    1. Scientific and/or technical merit of the project;
    2. Appropriateness of the proposed method or approach;
    3. Competency of applicant's personnel and adequacy of proposed 
resources;
    4. Reasonableness and appropriateness of the proposed budget.
    Additional criteria, which will be considered: Future promise of 
the investigator, and the resources and interest of the sponsoring 
institution.
    General information about development and submission of 
applications, eligibility, limitations, evaluation 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. Electronic access to the latest version of 
SC's Application Guide is possible via the Internet at the following 
web site address: http://www.sc.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 August 21, 2002.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 02-22183 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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