[Federal Register: August 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 169)]
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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/. 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: 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:
dennis.kovar@science.doe.gov. 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.
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