[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 46185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19918]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7539-9]


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 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) Impacts of 
Manufactured Nanomaterials on Human Health and the Environment, (2) 
Market Mechanisms and Incentives for Environmental Management, (3) 
Environmental Statistics Research: Novel Analyses of Human Exposure 
Related Data (with ACC), (4) Computational Toxicology and Endocrine 
Disruptors: Use of Systems Biology in Hazard Identification and Risk 
Assessment , and (5) The Role of Air Pollutants in Cardiovascular 
Disease (with NIEHS)
    Contacts: (1) Impacts of Manufactured Nanomaterials on Human Health 
and the Environment [email protected], (2) Market Mechanisms and 
Incentives for Environmental Management, [email protected], (3) 
Environmental Statistics Research: Novel Analyses of Human Exposure 
Related Data (with ACC), [email protected], (4) Computational 
Toxicology and Endocrine Disruptors: Use of Systems Biology in Hazard 
Identification and Risk Assessment, [email protected], and (5) The 
Role of Air Pollutants in Cardiovascular Disease (with NIEHS), 
[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: July 24, 2003.

    Approved for publication.
John C. Puzak,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
[FR Doc. 03-19918 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]
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