United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA/600/8-85/021
Sept. 1985
Research and Development
v°/EPA Solicitation for
Research Grant
Proposals
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Exploratory Research Grants
Introduction The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carries out
a series of laws designed to keep environmental
pollutants from adversely affecting human health or
environmental quality. The specific decisions on how
best to accomplish these mandates require that a series
of complex scientific, technical, economic, and political
judgments be made. The complexity of the environment
makes it apparent that solutions to environmentally-
related problems often require more basic or
fundamental research than would normally be expected
in response-directed research programs. A primary goal,
therefore, of EPA's Office of Research and Development
(ORD) is to develop new knowledge and principles
which can be used to address and resolve
environmental problems. This year ORD is particularly
interested in research to address the following areas:
—developing methodology for the assessment and
control of complex pollutant mixtures in air pollutants,
wastewater effluents and hazardous waste.
—improving risk assessment methodology to accurately
measure hazards of chemicals and toxicants to public
health.
—evaluating health and environmental effects of
genetically altered organisms in the environment.
—determining the effects of acid ram on forests, crops,
receiving waters and their biota.
Consequently, ORD supports environmentally related
research, development, and demonstration efforts
through its headquarters office in Washington, DC, and
its laboratories throughout the United States. In addition
to work conducted in its own facilities, EPA sponsors
research elsewhere in the scientific and academic
community—through cooperative agreements,
negotiated contracts, and research grants.
This solicitation relates only to the research grants
procedures as administered by the ORD's Office of
Exploratory Research. Grants are an important means
by which EPA underwrites research on environmental
topics in the academic sector. This document discusses
research areas of interest to EPA and the procedures for
applying for such grant assistance. Participation in the
research grants assistance program does not preclude
individuals or institutions from engaging in EPA-
sponsored research supported through cooperative
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agreements or contracts with ORD laboratories. Those
interested in these aspects of EPA's research and
development programs are encouraged to consult
directly with officials at the EPA laboratories. A list of
these laboratories appears in Appendix A.
This solicitation describes the principal areas of interest
and specific research needs and topics of the
exploratory research grants assistance program. The
principal areas of interest are:
• Environmental Biology
• Environmental Health
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Air/Water Chemistry and Physics
Although this document emphasizes certain needs in
the aforementioned research areas, it is by no means all
inclusive. Every scientifically meritorious proposal will
be accorded full and fair consideration. The legislative
and administrative limitation of this program require,
however, that applications must be germane to EPA's
mission.
Application Application forms, instructions, and other pertinent
Procedures information are available in the EPA Research Grant
Application/Information Kit. It is recommended that
interested investigators review the material in this kit
before preparing an application for assistance. The kits
are available from:
Grants Operations Branch
Grants Administration Division (PM-216)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
or
Research Grants Staff
Office of Exploratory Research (RD-675)
Office of Research and Development
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Fully-developed research proposals, prepared in
accordance with instructions in the application for
Federal Assistance Form No. 5700-12, should be sent
to:
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Grants Administration Division (PM-216)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
A pre-addressed mailing label is provided in the
Application/Information Kit.
If this solicitation is the basis for submitting a proposal,
the fact may be entered on line 3 of Form 5700-12.
One copy of the application with original signatures plus
nine copies are needed. Informal, incomplete, or
unsigned proposals will not be considered.
There are no deadlines for submitting research grant
applications. Proposals will be evaluated, however, at
regular (approximately semi-annual) intervals (see table
below). Applicants should contact the appropriate
Science Review Administrator, whose name appears at
the end of each subject area description, for dates of the
next scheduled peer review panel meetings.
Earliest Date
Application*
Solicitation Closing
publication Date(s)
September Feb. 15th
'Selected Aug. 15th
Panel
Review
Meeting
Apr/May
Oct/Nov
Relevancy
Review
June/July
Dec/Jan
for
Notification of
Award
August
February
(Selected
program
announcements
issued as needed.)
Aug. 15th Oct/Nov Dec/ Jan
February
* While applications are accepted year round, to be
considered by a specific review panel, applications
should be received no later than six weeks prior to
the scheduled review meeting date.
Both are 7 month cycles.
Eligibility A research grant application will be considered when a
fully developed proposal is submitted on the required
Application for Federal Assistance Form 5700-12,
provided that
• The proposed project is for research (as opposed to
development, demonstration, surveying, or
preparation of materials and documents),
• The proposed project directly pertains to EPA's
mission,
• The proposed project should address fundamental
aspects of environmental problems,
• The applicant is eligible to apply under the Federal
laws that authorize EPA to award research grants.
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Nonprofit institutions and state or local governments are
eligible under all existing authorizations. Profit-making
firms are eligible only under certain laws, and then
under restrictive conditions, including the absence of
any profit from the project.
Potential applicants who are uncertain of their eligibility
should study the restrictive language of the law
governing the area of research interest. This
information is provided in the Research Grant
Application/Information Kit. All applicants must provide
a minimum of 5% of the total project cost. These cost-
sharing funds may not be taken from other Federal
sources.
Investigators at minority institutions and those who
have not previously received support are encouraged to
submit applications (See Special sections).
Review All applications will initially be reviewed by the Agency
Process to determine their legal and administrative acceptability.
Acceptable applications will then be reviewed by
appropriate peer review panel(s). This review is
designed to evaluate and rank each proposal according
to its scientific and/or technical merit as a basis for
recommending Agency approval or disapproval. Each
peer review panel is composed primarily of non-EPA
scientists who are acknowledged experts in their
respective disciplines.
The panels use the following criteria in their review:
• Quality of research plan (including theoretical and/or
experimental design, originality, and creativity)
• Qualifications of principal investigator and staff
including knowledge of subject area
• Potential contribution to scientific knowledge
• Availability and adequacy of facilities and equipment
• Budgetary justification
Proposals which receive a panel's approval based upon
scientific merit are further evaluated by EPA officials for
relevance to the Agency's missions and budget
appropriations. It is iterated that scientifically approved
applications must be germane to EPA's mission to be
funded. A summary of the scientific review and
recommendation of the panel(s) will be provided each
applicant.
Applicants recommended for approval are notified of the
results of the funding decision as soon as possible.
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Exploratory Research Grants
Environmental
Biology
The objectives of the Environmental Biology Research
Program are to gain a better understanding of the
mechanisms through which pollutants affect ecosystem
processes and to develop better biological end-points to
monitor and evaluate individual, population and
ecosystem effects. This knowledge is desired in order to
provide a scientific basis for making regulatory decisions
and to implement abatement control strategies.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
• Ecological Processes
—The cycling, including sorption/desorption, of
pollutants and biodegradation products with long
time constants in biological systems and ecological
processes.
—The relationship of ecological genetics and natural
selection processes as they are influenced by the
impact of pollutants upon ecosystem properties.
—The differential importance of components of
ecosystems to the whole. Studies are solicited
which assess the vulnerability of ecosystem
components to natural and anthropogenic damage
and the relative ability of the ecosystem to recover.
—Modeling studies to develop new qualitative and
quantitative methodologies for environmental
applications to ecological and microbiological
processes in order to predict pollutant effects.
—Studies of pollution impacts on biotic resources in
cold-climate ecosystems including the tundra and
estuarine areas. Of particular interest are
proposals to study problems related to the
environmental impact of energy and resources
development in Alaska, such as mining, oil and
gas development, and logging.
• Ecological and Toxicological Effects
—Studies delineating the effects of gaseous and
particulate air pollution (e.g., acid rain) on forests,
crops, and receiving waters and their biota.
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—Studies to examine the mechanisms by which
major pollutants combine to alter plant growth
and produce pathological symptoms in plants.
—Studies on the sublethal effects of toxic chemicals
and their biodegraded products on the behavior of
animals.
—Effects of chemicals on wildlife, including effects
on populations and individuals.
—Ecological significance of the loss, due to exposure
to toxic chemicals, of a portion of a natural
population.
—Modes by which organisms (i.e., fish, algae and
plants) are exposed to chemicals in freshwater
and marine sediments.
—Studies defining the role of bacteria in the
movement, transfer and destruction of pollutants
in soil and water.
• Ecological Risk Assessment
—Techniques that will permit testing and validation
of laboratory findings and model verification under
field conditions especially in the areas of biological
availability and effects of contaminants.
—Determining the pathways, interactions, and
impacts of genetically engineered microorganisms
which enter environmental systems. Of particular
interest are applications for environmental
monitoring and ecological risk assessment.
—Screening methods for predicting exposure, fate
and eco-toxicity of chemicals, including chemical
mixtures at low concentrations. The development
of systems and models (including the structure-
activity concept) through which persistence,
bioaccumulation, eco-toxicity, and biodegradation
may be predicted.
For further information, please contact:
Clyde C. Bishop, Jr.
Science Review Administrator (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7445
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Environmental
Health
The objective of the Environmental Health Research
Program is to obtain and provide a scientific basis upon
which the Agency can make regulatory decisions
concerning the protection of human health from
environmental pollutants. The principal concern is to
determine whether, and to what extent, environmental
exposure to various pollutants contributes to health
problems.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
• General Areas of Research
—Interdisciplinary studies of chemical, physical, and
microbial agents, the agent's route and fate in the
organisms, and also the effects on the whole
organism as well as the target organ.
—In vivo and in vitro studies for developing and
validating rapid, reproducible, and sensitive
screening tests that can be used to assess
potential toxicity.
—Long-term studies of chronic, low-level exposure to
pollutants and the subsequent incidence of
immunotoxicity and chronic diseases including
neurological and cardiovascular disorders, chronic
bronchitis and emphysema, renal disease,
arthritis and cancer.
• Improved Models and Methodologies for Risk
Assessment and Pertinent Data Bases
—Studies directed toward improved extrapolations
from high-to-low doses and from animal models to
humans.
—Development of human assays of toxic exposure
including biochemical, behavioral, and neural
effects.
—Development of more extensive in vivo and in vitro
assays for all classes of potentially toxic chemicals
considered relevant to humans at risk.
—Studies of pharmacokinetics to determine the body
burden and effects of ingested and otherwise
contacted chemical and physical toxic agents.
• Toxic Agents
—Studies that define the rates and mechanisms of
chemical reactions at the cellular level of important
toxic agents in the environment.
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—Development of more sensitive techniques for
measuring chemical and physical toxic agents and
their metabolites in biological media.
—Studies to identify the potential routes of exposure
in biological systems to chemical and physical
toxic agents, and the possible different toxicities
manifested following exposure by these diverse
routes.
—Studies of multiple exposure models to determine
possible synergistic, additive, and antagonistic
effects of toxic agents.
—Studies to explore the health effects of
stratospheric ozone depletion and increased DVB
radiation—investigations. Specific studies could
focus on identifying the mechanisms of action
whereby UVB radiation may affect the human
immune response system; or determining with
greater precision the action spectrum for the
induction of nonmelanoma skin cancers (i.e., basal
cell and squamous cell carcinomas).
• Studies Concerning Populations
—Studies that concentrate on the effects (other than
mortality such as genotoxicity, behavior
impairment, etc.) of pollutants on populations.
—Identification of and effects on target populations
at risk from exposure to'toxic agents.
—Development of biological markers in populations
to improve early detection of exposure and future
chronic diseases, and to estimate their sensitivity
vs. specificity.
• Studies Concerning Individuals
—Studies to determine the adverse effects of
environmental toxicants on the immune function,
and ways to enhance immune response.
—Studies to determine the effect of predisposing
factors (e.g., genetic, hormonal, nutritional factors,
biological rhythm, previous exposure, disease
state, etc.) on reaction to toxic agents.
For further information, please contact:
George R. Simon, Ph.D.
Science Review Administrator (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7445
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Environmental
Engineering
The Environmental Engineering Research Program
reflects Agency research activities in multimedia (solid,
liquid, gaseous) pollution control approaches. This
includes emissions reduction/control processes
associated with hazardous material and energy
production, conservation, increased efficiencies, recycle,
and reuse.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
• Fundamental mechanisms in drinking water and
municipal and/or industrial wastewater treatment
and pollution control:
—Reaction kinetics and by-products identification of
alternatives to chlorine.
—Improvements in sludge digestion and gas
production.
—Sludge stabilization, dewatering, and thermal
processing, including disposal in the marine
environment.
• Development of innovative new technology in
drinking water and municipal and/or industrial
wastewater treatment and pollution control:
—In-plant unit process operations minimizing or
eliminating toxics generation and release to the
environment.
—Groundwater decontamination.
—Production of genetically engineered organisms for
degradation of toxic and/or hazardous wastes in
contaminated water, ground water, and sediments
and for improving biological treatment.
• Development of predictive techniques for the
treatability and release of and exposure to toxic
chemicals and asbestos.
• Development of rapid, cost effective biomonitoring
techniques for water supply and wastewater
treatment systems.
• Innovative residuals control
—Municipal water and wastewater sludge volume
reduction and final disposal practices which lower
concentrations of pathogens, parasites, heavy
metals, and synthetic organics; recovery
techniques for metals from industrial sludges.
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—Handling and disposal of hazardous solid wastes,
including detoxification, solidification, and
otherwise fixing organic waste before disposal in
secure landfills.
—Improved landfill construction methods and
materials and improved monitoring methods.
—Clean-up techniques (e.g., in-situ treatment) for
contaminated soils, structures, surface and
ground-water, and asbestos.
—Improved thermal destruction (incineration) or
other treatment techniques, e.g., biological or
chemical, for the final disposition of hazardous
materials.
• Air pollution control technology exploratory research
—Innovative techniques to control and/or remove
toxic air emissions and VOC from industrial and/or
combustion sources, including vent and flue gases.
—Simultaneous control of particulate matter, NO,,
and SO* in combustion and/or post combustion
processes.
—Innovative approaches for reduction of indoor air
pollution.
—Innovative controls to reduce hazardous emissions
from residential wood burning.
—Control of VOC from fuels.
—Continuous techniques for monitoring stack
emissions and volume flow rate.
—Improved techniques for capture of particles less
than 10 micrometers for retrofit applications.
—Low cost capture of condensation aerosols, in
retrofit applications, prior to existing stack.
—Low cost fugitive emission control systems for
open sources.
—Monitoring methods for specific hydrocarbons
emissions, including flares and fugitive emissions.
• Fundamental thermal destruction/combustion
research: leading to less pollutant production and to
better incineration of hazardous waste.
—Flame reactions, propagation, and quenching
mechanisms.
—Fundamental investigation of combustion
processes as related to incineration of hazardous
wastes.
—Investigation of selective and non-selective
catalysts for control of NOX and organic particulate
matter in high temperature combustion processes.
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—Predictive models for products of incomplete
combustion in hazardous waste incineration.
—Rapid response on-line analyzers for POHC's and
PIC's.
—Combustion phenomena capable of inducing hot
rich core in fossil fuel burners for NOX control.
—Metal oxide based sorbents for SO2 in high
temperature slagging combustors.
For further information, please contact:
Donald F. Carey, B.S. Ch.E.
Science Review Administrator (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7445
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Environmental
Air/Water
Chemistry and
Physics
The objectives of the Environmental Air/Water
Chemistry and Physics Research Programs are to
develop, improve, and test the theories and concepts on
which the methods, tools, and models required for
environmental protection decisions are based. Of
primary concern are new or improved concepts of
extracting, concentrating, identifying, and quantifying
trace amounts of organic and inorganic chemicals in
complex environmental samples; the scientific
understanding of the basic processes by which
pollutants are transported, transformed, degraded, or
otherwise distributed in (air, water, soil) environmental
media; new or simplified concepts for quantitatively
characterizing natural environments so that model
representations preserve the structure and the
functional relationships essential in predicting the fate
and impact of toxic and hazardous chemicals; and new
concepts for predicting the fate and effects of chemicals
based on molecular structure.
This program is divided into:
/. RESEARCH ON AIR POLLUTION.
II. RESEARCH ON POLLUTION OF FRESHWA TER,
MARINE/ESTUARINE WATERS. GROUND-
WA TERS, SOILS AND SEDIMENTS.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
/. AIR POLLUTION
—Studies on acid rain: its formation, sources,
distribution, climatic and atmospheric dynamics,
and other physical factors conducive to the
creation and transport of acidic substances in air
particulates and in aqueous droplets.
—Studies of the physical structure and chemical
composition of fine particulates that contribute
substantially to widespread visibility reduction.
Studies on how these particulates are formed,
transported, and removed from the atmosphere.
—Studies on ozone formation in the atmosphere
involving complex photochemical reactions of
volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides.
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-Studies on the collection and analysis of fine or
inhalable participates with emphasis on
carbonaceous materials.
-Studies on meteorological processes, in particular
deposition phenomena, which figure prominently
in the loss terms of mathematical models of air
pollution.
-Studies on potentially hazardous indoor air
pollutants including radon and asbestos from all
sources. Research should determine the species
and ranges of exposure concentrations for
statistically significant samples of various indoor
settings.
-Studies of the chemical and physical
transformations of specific toxic and hazardous
compounds (and their intermediates) in ambient
air. Studies should include the elucidation of
chemical mechanisms as well as focus on novel
measurement methods for identifying these
compounds in ambient air.
-Development of models capable of quantifying
pollutant concentrations or deposition rates over
urban, mesoscale and large areas (such as acid
rain, regional oxidants, inhalable particulates
and other models). Probabilistic modeling of
atmospheric phenomena will be emphasized.
-Improved methods for evaluating and comparing
performances of air quality simulation models.
Emphasis will be placed on development of
evaluative techniques that employ formal
statistical procedures.
-Continued development and refinement of
receptor model techniques for estimating the
concentrations of ambient particulates
attributable to specific sets of emission
categories. Development of new receptor model
techniques as well as improved measurement
methods in these models is encouraged.
-Development of reliable models for predicting
ground based pollutant concentrations in complex
terrain from single and multiple sources.
-Assessment and quantification of the role of solid
aerosols in atmospheric reactions. This subject
should be studied to determine the role of solid
aerosols in air pollution chemistry.
-Development of instruments or devices for
continuous and discontinuous sampling of
inhalable particulates, for volatile organic
compounds, for exposure monitoring and/or for
indoor air pollution studies.
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—Development of methods for the direct analysis of
organic compounds in the gaseous and solid
phases, for the rapid screening of samples for the
presence of classes of organic compounds, and
for the development of new sensitive and
selective detectors for gas and liquid
chromatography.
—Studies to assess whether antropogenic
emissions into the atmosphere have a
significant effect on local or global climate.
For further information, please contact:
Louis G. Swaby, Ph.D.
Science Review Administrator (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 382-7445
RESEARCH ON POLLUTION OF FRESHWA TER,
MARINE/ESTUARINE WATERS, SOILS. GROUND-
WA TERS, AND SEDIMENTS.
• Studies of transport and transformation
processes in the surface and subsurface
environment in order to predict the impact of
surface conditions on ground-water systems and
for use in the design, control, or clean-up of
hazardous waste disposal sites, landfills, waste
lagoons, land treatment operations, and other
sources of ground-water contamination.
—Research is needed to identify and characterize
the major transport, transformation and
sorption/desorption mechanisms when wastes
or other contaminants are introduced into soil
systems that are intermittently saturated with
water or other solvent materials, and likewise
in saturated soil systems.
—Research directed toward understanding the
kinetics of contaminant transport and
transformation in the subsurface as a
prerequisite to the development of techniques
for predicting environmental exposure to these
contaminants. Studies should include the
relative importance of chemical, physical, and
biological processes in transport phenomena,
including plant uptake and growth.
—Research on the mechanism of and conditions
for biological transformation in the subsurface
including methods for identifying,
characterizing and enumerating subsurface
microorganisms.
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—Research directed toward characterizing
subsurface properties as a scientific basis for
determining subsurface processes, including
determination of surface areas of geologic
materials, characterization of such surfaces
and delineation of chemical compositions of
subsurface materials affecting various
processes.
Studies of the transport and fate of toxic
chemicals in lakes, rivers, and estuarine waters
with emphasis on providing information required
for. use in predictive models.
—Theoretical and experimental characterizations
of adsorbing surfaces, the chemical nature of
adsorbed species, the microbiological action at
surfaces, and the environmental factors
controlling the reaction rates of adsorbed
species.
—Studies of the transport of sediments,
particularly fine-grained materials, flocculation
and deflocculation of organic and inorganic
materials, the mechanics of resuspension and
deposition of particulates, and the modification
by cohesive materials of turbulence as it
affects resuspension and deposition.
—Studies on the rates and mechanisms for
abiotic transformations of toxic chemicals in
natural waters with emphasis on the reactions
involving naturally-occurring materials
including humic substances, and inorganic
species such as trace metals and hydrogen
peroxide.
Development of predictive water quality models
and techniques of varying complexity for
application to toxic substances, nutrients, anoxic
conditions, and resuspension of dredged material
after aquatic disposal.
—Develop more efficient numerical methods for
the solution of mathematical models.
—Develop formal mathematical procedures to
assign uncertainty to estimates provided by
models, and for comparing the results from
models of different complexity.
Research in chemistry and physics to develop
new measurement and monitoring techniques
including instrumentation, for increasing sample
through-put, sensitivity, and selectivity, and for
field use.
—Develop methods for identifying and
quantifying non-volatile compounds in complex
mixtures, adsorbed or complexed inorganic
species and the complexing agents, for
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separating and concentrating non-volatile
organics adsorbed to other materials, and for
new sensitive and selective detectors for gas
and liquid chromatography.
—Develop new methods for screening a variety
of samples for toxic substances and classes of
organics and for monitoring waste streams.
—Develop geophysical monitoring techniques
applicable to the measurement of flow and
migration rates of groundwater and leachate
and for monitoring contamination of estuarine
and ocean areas receiving waste discharges.
For further information, please contact:
Louis G. Swaby, Ph.D.
Science Review Administrator (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20460
(202)382-7445
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Special Research Grant and Student
Fellowship Program
Minority
Institutions
Assistance
(MIA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated
a special assistance program entitled the Minority
Institutions Assistance (MIA) program. The objective of
the program is to award grant funds for the support of
long-term exploratory research by faculty and to support
undergraduate/graduate fellowships for students
enrolled at eligible institutions. The principal purpose of
this program is to provide Federal assistance to
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) as
directed by Executive Order 12320, issued on
September 15, 1981.
Terms and Restrictions for Research Assistance
• Consideration will be given only to applications
submitted by institutions subject to Executive Order
No. 12320, and identified by the Secretary of the
Department of Education as Historically Black
Colleges and Universities.
• In contrast to the regular grants program, pre-
application assistance is available upon request. A
potential investigator may submit a preproposal for
informal scientific review and determination of its
relevance to Agency research goals.
• The Application Form (5700-12), instructions and
procedures are the same as those used for EPA's
regular research grants, except that "MIA" should be
typed in item (3) on the face page to identify the
program to which the application is directed.
• All of the topic areas described previously for the
regular research grant program are applicable to the
MIA program.
Terms and Restrictions for Fellowship Assistance
• Consideration will be given only to applicants who
are enrolled and in good standing with an eligible
institution (HBCU).
• The applicant must be a senior or graduate student
with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0
or higher on a scale of 4.0.
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• All applications will be reviewed and evaluated for
the following: (1) individual's orientation towards and
commitment to a career in the Physical Sciences
(Chemistry, Physics, Math, Engineering), Biological
Sciences (human and non-human), Environmental
Sciences, Computer Sciences; (2) grade point
average (GPA) verified by college transcript;
(3) applicants' statement of objectives and personal
goals; (4) recommendations by the sponsor and
faculty; and (5) employment experience related to the
field of study.
• These Special Fellowship applications must be
properly executed on EPA Forms. Failure to complete
all forms with appropriate signatures will delay
processing or disqualify the application. Each
application must enter "MIA" in the upper lefthand
corner of the face page, EPA Form 5770-4.
• Applicants must be citizens of the United States, or
its possessions, the U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto
Rico.
• The Environmental Protection Agency reserves the
right to limit the number of awards to a particular
college or university.
For further information, please contact:
Walter H. Preston, MIA Ombudsman (RD-675)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 401 M
Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20460 (202) 382-
7445
or Clyde C. Bishop, Jr. Science Review
Administrator
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Appendix A:
Laboratories of The Office of Research and
Development, USEPA
Health Effects Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(919)541-2281
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
P.O. Box 15027
Las Vegas, NV 89114
(702)798-2100
Water Engineering Research Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)569-7951
Environmental Research Laboratory
South Ferry Road
Narragansett, Rl 02882
(401)789-1071
Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(919)541-2106
Environmental Research Laboratory
Sabine Island
Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
(904)932-5311
Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)569-7418
Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513)569-7301
Environmental Research Laboratory
200 SW 35th Street
Corvallis, OR 97333
(503)757-4601
Environmental Research Laboratory
College Station Road
Athens, GA 30613
(404)546-3154
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Environmental Research Laboratory
6201 Congdon Boulevard
Duluth, MN 55804
(218)727-6692
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(919)541-2191
Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
(919)541-2821
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 1198
Ada, OK 74820
(405) 332-8800
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