Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:28:00 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: eadie@glerl.noaa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 To: eegle-pi@wings.glerl.noaa.gov From: "Brian J. Eadie" Subject: EPA Grant Announcements Update (fwd) Cc: Brandt@genie2.glerl.noaa.gov, Reid@genie2.glerl.noaa.gov, Landrum@genie2.glerl.noaa.gov, Nalepa@genie2.glerl.noaa.gov Status: RO Linda Goad forwarded this to me and I thought that the first catagory of EPA funding might be of interest. For a Great Lakes program, EPA recommends using the SOLEC list of indicators (http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/2000indicators.html) (Appendix 9) - this should also be of interest to the GLERL monitoring program. >FYI-- > > >K. Norah Daugherty, Admin. Asst. II Voice: (734) 763-3515 >Center for Great Lakes & Aquat. Sci. Fax: (734) 647-2748 >The University of Michigan Email: knorahd@umich.edu >709 Dennison Bldg., 501 E. University >Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1090 > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:04:59 -0500 >From: Dave Plawchan >To: EPA-NET , DRDA-Net >Cc: Dave Plawchan >Subject: EPA Grant Announcements Update > > >Subject: EPA Grant Announcements Update > > > > >Welcome to the NCERQA mailing list, Thursday December 16, 1999. Volume 1 >Number 24 > >The following is a broadcast announcement listing the open funding >opportunities sponsored in whole or in part by EPA's National Center for >Research and Quality Assurance (NCERQA). > >See the end of this message to obtain details on this and other NCERQA >broadcast services as well as how to unsubscribe to this list. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > >Environmental Indicators In The Estuarine Environment Research Program > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/2000indicators.html > >OPEN: October 22, 1999 - CLOSING: March 07, 2000 > > >This Research Program has been retitled from the former Coastal Indicator >Research Program (CIRP); however, the programmatic thrust and direction of >the Program is not changed from the original version. > >In this announcement the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office >of Research and Development (ORD), and the National Aeronautics and Space >Administration, Office of Earth Science, solicit grant applications to >establish up to four Estuarine Indicator Research Programs, designed to >identify, evaluate, recommend and potentially develop a suite of new, >integrative indicators of ecological condition, integrity, and/or >sustainability that can be incorporated into long-term monitoring programs >and which will complement ORDs intramural coastal monitoring program. The >proposed research of each of the four Programs should cover a large coastal >area of the United States (Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, Great Lakes, Gulf >of Mexico Coast). Estuarine should be broadly interpreted to include >near-coastal waters, bays, estuaries, wetlands, land margins, and >interconnecting watersheds. > >EPA solicits applications that will present coordinated Programs for each >of the geographic areas; each application should include a number of >individual projects with a focus centered on the particular geographic area >of the program. Interested applicants must be eligible to receive Federal >assistance under the acts giving Statutory authority for research funding >by EPA or NASA. > >It is anticipated that a total of $6.0 million, including direct and >indirect costs, will be available to fund 4 Programs during the first year. >It is anticipated that each Program will be funded at up to $1.5M per year >for a period of 4 years. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Market Mechanisms and Incentives for Environmental Management > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/market2000.html > >OPEN: November 02, 1999 - CLOSING: February 02, 2000 > > >The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and >Development, National Center for Environmental Research and Quality >Assurance (NCERQA), in cooperation with the EPA Office of Policy and >Innovation, announces an extramural grants competition supporting research >in the area of market-based mechanisms and other incentives for >environmental management (MM&I). This is the first year of this particular >competition. The MM&I competition encourages research that will contribute >to the development of practical, credible approaches for designing >environmental programs that will meet the Nations environmental goals >cost-effectively. > >Academic and not-for-profit institutions located in the U.S., and state or >local governments, are eligible under all existing authorizations. >Profit-making firms are not eligible to receive grants from EPA under this >program. Federal agencies and national laboratories funded by federal >agencies (Federally-funded Research and Development Centers, FFRDCs) may >not apply. > >EPA anticipates making approximately 10 awards for MM&I research, totaling >about $2 million. The projected range is from $50,000 to $200,000 per award >per year, with durations from 1 to 3 years. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Hazardous Substances Research Centers > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/hsrc.html > >OPEN: November 03, 1999 - CLOSING: March 14, 2000 > > >The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to establish up to >five (5) university-based Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRCs). >Centers will be funded for up to five years. > >In this announcement, the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) >invites applications to establish HSRCs to address priority hazardous >substance research and training, technology transfer, and technical >assistance (referred to throughout this document as outreach). A total of >$5 million, split in two parts: 70 percent for research, and 30 percent for >other Center activities, including training, technology transfer, and >technical assistance, is available for the first year. Awards will begin >after October 1, 2000, and are subject to the availability of funds. > >Academic institutions located in the U.S. with research and training >programs in areas relating to hazardous substances are eligible to receive >grants from EPA under this program. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Biomarkers for the Assessment of Exposure and Toxicity in Children > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/kids2000.html > >OPEN: November 08, 1999 - CLOSING: March 09, 2000 > > >The Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program is interested in supporting >research to identify and evaluate biomarkers that can be used to estimate >and/or predict both pesticide exposure and the health impacts that may >result from pesticide exposure. Successful proposals will be those that >propose research to develop markers applicable to the assessment of >pesticide exposure and/or toxicity in children. > >Approximately $5-6M will be available to support this effort. The awards >are expected to range from $150,000 to $250,000 per year for up to three >years. Awards made through this competition are subject to the availability >of funds. > >Academic and not-for-profit institutions located in the U.S., and state or >local governments, are eligible under all existing authorizations. >Profit-making firms are not eligible to receive grants from EPA under this >program. Federal agencies and national laboratories funded by federal >agencies (Federally-funded Research and Development Centers, FFRDCs) may >not apply. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >2000 Environmental Monitoring For Public Access And Community Tracking >(EMPACT) > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/2000empact.html > >OPEN: December 10, 1999 - CLOSING: April 10, 2000 > > >The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces its Fiscal Year (FY) >2000 competition for grants as part of the program called Environmental >Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT). The ultimate >goal of EMPACT is to assist communities to provide sustainable public >access to environmental monitoring data and information that are clearly >communicated in real-time (or timely), useful, and accurate in the largest >U.S. metropolitan areas. This solicitation will lead to grant awards which >establish pilot projects in a limited number of eligible cities. The pilot >projects will emphasize using advanced and innovative technologies to (A) >monitor environmental conditions and (B) provide and communicate >environmental information to citizens. The pilots also require effective >partnerships between local and state governments, research institutions, >non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector, and/or the >Federal Government. > >Local governments, as defined by 40 CFR Part 31.3, and the District of >Columbia, located in one of the EMPACT metropolitan areas in the U.S. are >eligible to apply for this program. Tribal governments located within an >EMPACT metropolitan area are also eligible to apply. > >Approximately $3.4 million will be made available for this competition, >with a potential award value of up to $400,000 over the total life of the >project, and a total project duration of 12 to 24 months. Awards are >subject to the availability of funds. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Interagency Announcement of Opportunity for Grants in Environmental >Statistics > >http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/nsf0020.html > >OPEN: December 10, 1999 - CLOSING: March 10, 2000 > > >In FY 2000, the Environmental Statistics competition will continue the >emphasis of FY1999, inviting proposals in the three areas of (1) >statistical models and methods for environmental social science research; >(2) environmental statistics research to improve risk assessment; and (3) >physical environmental statistics research. Again proposals are >particularly welcome that further the development of statistical methods >for environmental social science research, including research in the area >of risk assessment. > >Academic and not-for-profit institutions located in the U.S., and State or >local governments are eligible. Profit-making firms and federal agencies >are not eligible to apply to this program. However, personnel in >profit-making firms may participate as non-funded co-investigators or >through sub-contracts with the awardee institution. > >Awards made through this competition are dependent upon responsiveness of >the proposals to the announcement, the quality of the proposed research, >and the availability of funds. EPA and NSF each anticipate awarding >approximately $1 million ($2 million total for the two agencies) for >Environmental Statistics, with a projected award range from $60,000 to >$150,000 per award per year, and an approximate duration of 2 to 3 years. >EPA and NSF do not plan to continue this program after FY 2000. > >_______________________________________________________________ > > > >Members of this list are encouraged to use the Web interface at: >http://151.200.173.67/ncerqa/elists/ to unsubscribe to this list or >subscribe to other lists available on NCERQA. > >Alternatively, you can unsubscribe to this list by sending an e-mail >message to ncerqa-listserver@sdc-moses.com and enter this text in the >subject of the e-mail. > >unsubscribe > >For more information on this list, send an e-mail to >ncerqa-listserver@sdc-moses.com and entering this text in the subject of >the e-mail. > >info > >where > >See below for a directory of all : > > announce - Grant/Fellowship Announcements > sbir - Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) > qa - Quality Assurance > air - Air Research > drinkh2o - Drinking Water > water - Water and Watersheds > ecosystm - Ecological Assessment > globalw - Indicators - Global Climate Change > endocrin - Endocrine Disruptors > health - Human Health > children - Children's Environmental Health > newp2 - P2 and New Technologies > social - Social and Economic Sciences > envstat - Environmental Statistics > hpc - High Performance Computing > empact - Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community > Tracking (EMPACT) explore - General Solicitation, Exploratory Research > > > > >---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > >---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- > > > >Maria E. Lavoisne, Administrative Assistant >Division of Research Development and Administration >1064 Wolverine Tower >3003 South State Street >Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274 > >Phone: (734) 647-4853 >Fax: (734) 763-4053 >email: lavoisne@umich.edu > > >---------- End Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > > ============================================ Brian J. Eadie, PhD NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory 2205 Commonwealth Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48105 - 2945 734 -741-2281 (voice) -2055 (fax) ============================================