[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11390-11391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5618]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7462-4]


Investigator Initiated Grants: Request for Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of requests for applications.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information on the availability of fiscal 
year 2003 investigator initiated grants program announcements, in which 
the areas of research interest, eligibility and submission 
requirements, evaluation

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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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its Requests for Applications (RFA) the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency invites research applications in 
the following areas of special interest to its mission: (1) 
Epidemiologic Research on Health Effects of Long-Term Exposure to 
Ambient Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants, (2) Consequences 
of Global Change for Air Quality: Spatial Patterns in Air Pollution 
Emissions, (3) Microbial Risk in Drinking Water, (4) Environmental 
Statistics Research: Novel Analyses of Environmental Data, (5) 
Aggregate Exposure Assessment for Pesticides: Longitudinal Case Studies 
of Human Exposure-Related Behavior and (6) Valuation for Environmental 
Policy.

CONTACTS: (1) Epidemiologic Research on Health Effects of Long-Term 
Exposure to Ambient Particulate Matter and Other Air Pollutants--
[email protected], (2) Consequences of Global Change for Air 
Quality: Spatial Patterns in Air Pollution Emissions--
[email protected], (3) Microbial Risk in Drinking Water--Nolt-
[email protected], (4) Environmental Statistics Research: Novel 
Analyses of Environmental [email protected], (5) Aggregate 
Exposure Assessment for Pesticides: Longitudinal Case Studies of Human 
Exposure-Related [email protected], (6) Valuation for 
Environmental [email protected]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The complete program announcement can 
be accessed on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncer, under 
``announcements.'' The required forms for applications with 
instructions are accessible on the Internet at http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/forms/downlf.html. Forms may be printed from this site.

    Dated: February 25, 2003.
Peter W. Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
[FR Doc. 03-5618 Filed 3-7-03; 8:45 am]
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