c/EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Research and
Development
Washington DC 20460
EPA/600/F-94/042
December 1994
Development of a Mailing List to
Announce Competitive Assistance
Agreements
Purpose of This Announcement
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through
its Office of Research and Development (ORD), is develop-
ing a mailing list of organizations and individuals that want
to be notified when solicitations for a research proposal are
to be announced for competition. This mailing list will be
used to mail material that includes a statement of work,
conditions, procedures, and requirements of a proposed
assistance agreement. Solicitations will be distributed at
the time a requirement for research is defined.
Background
ORD is responsible for conducting research, development,
and other technical activities in support of EPA's mission to
protect human health and the environment. In carrying out
its responsibilities, ORD seeks to produce scientific and
technical information of the highest quality addressing
current problems and future concerns related to environ-
mental issues. To accomplish this mission, ORD seeks to
establish and maintain assistance agreements (cooperative
agreements and grants) with scientific and academic
organizations in subject areas related to EPA's
environmental research and development program.
Research Perspective
EPA's primary goal is to prevent or mitigate the adverse
impacts of pollution on human health and the environment.
Toward this end, Agency management must make deci-
sions regarding the development of policy, guidance, and
regulations and the appropriate tools for implementing
pollution prevention and abatement strategies. ORD
, conducts ,the^Agency's.research:program at 12 environ-
mental laboratories, located across the country, and the
Office of Exploratory Research in Washington, DC. These
facilities employ some 2,000 people, with an annual budget
of approximately $350 million. The research focuses
on 13 areas (see reverse side) targeted in the planning
process as requiring additional emphasis in order to
provide the information required for Agency decision
making. All competitive assistance agreements are subject
to the availability of funds.
ORD's core research and development program is focused
on the following areas:
• Health effects research - to determine the adverse
effects of pollutants on human health
• Ecological effects research - to determine the adverse
effects of pollutants on ecosystems
• Environmental process and fate research - to
understand how pollutants are transported and
modified as they move through soils, ground and
surface water, and the atmosphere
• Environmental monitoring research - to develop
methods of identifying pollutants in the environment
and measuring exposure to such substances
• Risk assessment research - to develop methods to
integrate information on pollutant sources, fate and
transport, exposure, and health and ecological effects
in order to assess the overall risk posed by a pollutant
or a group of pollutants
• Risk reduction research - to develop control techniques
to treat, destroy, or contain pollutants and methods to
reduce or eliminate the sources of pollutants or to
prevent exposure to pollutants
• Cross media programs -- to study global climate
change, total human exposure assessment, wetlands,
accidental releases, comparative risk of complex
mixtures, and biotechnology
• Socioeconomics research - to develop methods for
quantifying the sociqeconomic impacts associated with
environmental actions
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Assistance Agreements
EPA/ORD uses assistance agreements (cooperative
agreements and grants)1 as the legal instrument to carry out
a range of environmental research and development
activities that stimulate and support a public purpose. The
decision to use a grant or cooperative agreement is based
on the extent and nature of the Agency's involvement in the
.-activities to be supported by the agreement. EPA/ORD wJL
use a grant agreement whenever an assistance agreement
is appropriate and the office or laboratory does not
anticipate substantial involvement with the recipient during
performance of the contemplated activities. We will use a
cooperative agreement whenever an assistance agreement
is appropriate and the office or laboratory anticipates
substantial involvement with the recipient during the
performance of the contemplated activity.
Action i
If you want your organisation to receive information about
ORD's solicitations for proposals for competitive assistance
agreements, complete tfye following information for our
mailing list and return by February 10,1995, to the Center
for Environmental Research Information, Attn: Competitive
Assistance Agreements,! Cincinnati, OH 45268.
DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS OR
DOCUMENTS.
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Areas of Interest
1, Health effects research
2. Ecological effects research
3. Environmental process and fate research
4, Environmental monitoring research
5. Risk assessment research
6. Risk reduction research
a 7. Global climate change
0 8. Total human exposure assessment
0 9. Wetlands
0 10. Accidental releases
0 11. Comparative risk for complex mixtures
0 12. Biotechnology
13. Socioeconomics
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INDICATE NAME AND ADDRESS CHANGES IN THIS SPACE
Mail this card to:
Center for Environmental Research Information
Attn: Competitive Assistance Agreements
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Cincinnati, OH 45268
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