[Federal Register: February 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 21)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 2004 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) Exploratory 
Research: Understanding Ecological Thresholds Through Retrospective 
Analysis, (2) Dose Response of EDCs at Low Levels of Exposure (3) PM 
Research Centers, (4) Pathways From Ecosystem Functioning to Aquatic 
Ecosystem Goods and Services, (5) Global Change and Air Quality:, (6) 
Genomic-based Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Quality, (7) Public 
Health Outcomes, (8) Computational Toxicology Research Centers, (9) 
Allergenicity of Genetically Modified Foods, (10) Valuation for 
Environmental Policy, (11) EaGLes (Riverine, Estuarine and Great Lakes 
Indicators Centers), (12) Computational Toxicology and Endocrine 
Disruptors: Use of Systems Biology in Hazard Identification and Risk 
Assessment, (13) EDC Exposure Issues, (14) Market Mechanisms and 
Incentives for Environmental Management, (15) Childhood Cancer.
    Contacts: (1) Exploratory Research: Understanding Ecological 
Thresholds Through Retrospective Analysis--e-mail: 
goodman.iris@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-8313, (2) Dose Response of 
EDCs at Low Levels of Exposure--e-mail: francis.elaine@epa.gov, 
telephone: 202-564-6789, (3) PM Research Centers--e-mail: 
katz.stacy@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-8201 or e-mail: 
robarge.gail@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-8301, (4) Pathways from 
Ecosystem Functioning to Aquatic Ecosystem Goods and Services--e-mail: 
smith.bernicel@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6934, (5) Global Change and 
Air Quality: Wildfires--e-mail: winner.darryl@epa.gov, telephone: 202-
564-6929, (6) Genomic-based Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Quality--e-
mail: perovich.gina@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-62248, (7) Public 
Health Outcomes--e-mail: fields.nigel@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6936, 
(8) Computational Toxicology Research Centers--e-mail: 
francis.elaine@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6789, (9) Allergenicity of 
Genetically Modified Foods--e-mail: francis.elaine@epa.gov, telephone: 
202-564-6789, (10) Valuation for Environmental Policy--e-mail: 
wheeler.william@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6842, (11) EaGLes 
(Riverine, Estuarine and Great Lakes Indicators Centers)--e-mail: 
goodman.iris@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-8313, (12) Computational 
Toxicology and Endocrine Disruptors: Use of Systems Biology in Hazard 
Identification and Risk Assessment--e-mail: francis.elaine@epa.gov, 
telephone: 202-564-6789, (14) EDC Exposure Issues--e-mail: 
francis.elaine@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6789, (15) Market Mechanisms 
and Incentives for Environmental Management--e-mail: 
clark.matthew@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-6824, (16) Childhood Cancer--
e-mail: deener.kathleen@epa.gov, telephone: 202-564-8289.

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: January 14, 2004.
Christopher S. Zarba,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Research.
[FR Doc. 04-2065 Filed 1-30-04; 8:45 am]

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