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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