[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 64473-64474] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-31072] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-6191-7] Investigator-Initiated Grants: Request for Applications
Agency
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Action
Notice of request for applications.
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Summary
This document provides information on the availability of fiscal year 1999 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 area within the solicitation and are listed below.
For Further Information Contact
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance (8703R), 401 M Street SW, Washington DC 20460, telephone (800) 490- 9194. The complete announcements can be accessed on the Internet from the EPA home page: www.epa.gov/ncerqa under ``announcements.''
www.epa.gov/ncerqaSupplementary Information
In its Requests for Applications (RFA) the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites research grant applications in the following areas of special interest to its mission: (1) Integrated Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change, (2) Ecological Indicators, (3) Regional Scale Analysis and Assessment, (4) Urban Air Toxics, (5) Mercury: Transport and Fate through a Watershed; and (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy (in cooperation with the National Science Foundation). Applications must be received as follows: January 21, 1999, for topics (1) and (3); February 1, 1999, for topic (6); February 4, 1999, for topics (2) and (5); and February 18, 1999, for topic (4). The RFAs provide relevant background information, summarize EPA's interest in the topic areas, and describe the application and review process. Contact person for the (1) Integrated Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change, (2) Ecological Indicators, (3) Regional Scale Analysis and Assessment, and (5) Mercury: Transport and Fate through a Watershed RFAs is Barbara Levinson (levinson.barbara@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6911; contact person for the (4) Urban Air Toxics RFA is Deran Pashayan (pashayan.deran@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202-564-6913; and contact persons for the (6) Decision-making and Valuation for Environmental Policy RFA is Alan Carlin (carlin.alan@epamail.epa.gov), telephone 202- 260-5732, and Rachelle Hollander (rholland@nsf.gov), telephone 703-306- 1743 (voice) or 703-306-0485 (FAX).
Dated: November 12, 1998. Norine E. Noonan, Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. [FR Doc. 98-31072 Filed 11-19-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P