&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
EPA/600/R-93/194
December 1993
Solicitation for Research Grant
Proposal—1994 Exploratory
Research Grants
Background
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
through its Office of Exploratory Research (OER) is
seeking grant applications to conduct exploratory en-
vironmental research in biology, chemistry, physics,
engineering, or socioeconomics. Investigations are
sought in these research disciplines which focus on
any aspect of pollution identification, characterization,
abatement or control, or address the effects of pollut-
ants on the environment. In addition, research is sought
on environmental policy and its social and economic
consequences.
This solicitation only concerns the research grants
administered by EPA's Office of Exploratory Research
and outlines procedures for receiving grant assistance
from that office.
The Office of Exploratory Research will not solicit for
targeted grants through Requests for Applications in
fiscal year 1994.
The main purpose of OER's Research Grants Pro-
gram is to support advanced research in the environ-
mental sciences, engineering, and socioeconomics at
U.S. academic institutions. The principal products
sought are high quality scientific and technical articles
in refereed technical journals.
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The Application
Proposed projects must be investigative research which
advances the state of knowledge in the environmental
sciences and technology. Applications will not be ac-
cepted for routine monitoring, state-of-the-art or mar-
ket surveys, literature reviews, development or
commercialization of proven concepts, or the prepara-
tion of materials and documents, including process
designs or instruction manuals.
Application forms, instructions, and other pertinent
information for assistance programs are available in
the EPA Research Grants Application/Information Kit.
Interested investigators should review the materials in
this kit before preparing an application for assistance.
The kits are available from the following:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grants Operations Branch (3903F)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202)260-9266
Each application will consist of the APPLICATION
FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FORM (Standard
Forms 424 and 424A) and separate sheets providing
the budget breakdown for each year of the project,
resumes for the principal investigator and co-workers!
abstract of the proposed project, and a project narra-
tive. All certification forms (drug-free workplace, etc.)
must be signed and included with the application.
Application Submission/Closing Dates
Due to a heavy burden of pending applications in
OER, the only closing date in fiscal year 1994 will
be June 1,1994.
To be considered, the original and eight copies of the
application must be received by EPA's Grants Opera-
tions Branch no later than close of business on the
closing date. Fully developed research grant applica-
tions, prepared in accordance with instructions in the
Application for Federal Assistance Form SF-424,
should be sent to the Grants Operations Branch.
Informal, incomplete, or unsigned proposals will not
be considered. The application must be sent to
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grants Operations Branch (3903F)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
For overnight express mail, the address is
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grants Operation Branch
Fairchild Building, Room 801
499 South Capitol Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-9266
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• Budgetary justification—in particular justification
and cost requests for equipment will be carefully
reviewed
A summary statement of the scientific review and
recommendation of the panel is provided to each
applicant.
Funding decisions are the sole responsibility of EPA.
Grants are selected on the basis of technical merit,
program balance and budget.
Proprietary Information
By submitting an application in response to this solici-
tation, the applicant grants EPA permission to share
the application with technical reviewers both within
and outside of the Agency.
Applications containing proprietary or other types of
confidential information will be immediately returned
to the applicant without review.
Funding Mechanism
For all general and targeted grants, the funding mecha-
nism will consist of a grant agreement between EPA
and the recipient.
Federal grant regulation 40 CFR 30.307 requires that
all recipients provide a minimum of 5% of the total
project cost, which may not be taken from federal
sources. OER will not support a request for a deviation
from this requirement for any grant supported by its
Research Grants Program.
Contacts
For additional general information on the grants pro-
gram, applicants may call (202) 260-7474. Applicants
with additional questions may contact the appropriate
individuals identified in Table 1. Their address is
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Exploratory Research (8703)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
Minority Institution Assistance
Preapplication assistance is available upon request
for potential investigators representing institutions iden-
tified by the Secretary, Department of Education, as
Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) or
the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
(HACUs).
The application Form SF-424, instructions, subject
areas, and review procedures are the same as those
for the general grants program.
For further information concerning minority assistance,
contact
Virginia Broadway
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (8703)
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(202)260-7664
Table 1. Contacts for the General Solicitation
Discipline
Contact
Phone Number
Biology
Chem/Physics of Air
Chem/Physics of Water/Soil
Engineering
Socioeconomics
Clyde Bishop
Derart Pashayan
Louis Swaby
Louis Swaby
Robert Papetti
(202) 260-5727
(202) 260-2606
(202) 260-7453
(202) 260-7453
(202) 260-7473
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