Dec 29, 2006

USEPA invites for proposal

The USEPA, National Center for Environmental Economics has posted a solicitation on the website www.grants.gov inviting applicants to submit Initial Proposals for grant funding in several different areas of environmental economic research.

The website link to the posting can be found at:
http://www.grants. gov/search/ search.do? oppId=11189& mode=VIEW

The deadline for applications is November 24, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

A brief abstract of the solicitation is provided below. More details and information on how to submit applications can be found at the Grants.gov website and the links to EPA's website contained in the announcement.

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Announcement Title: Research on the Use of Panel-Based Internet Surveys, Research Support for Data Gathering for Dissertations on the Pollution Control Aspects of Environmental Economics, and Research for Assessing and Characterizing Uncertainty in Economic Analysis

Action: Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP)

Announcement Number: EPA-OPEI-NCEE- 06-01

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA): 66.611 Environmental Policy and Innovation Grants

Due Date: The closing date and time for receipt of applications is November 24, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Applications submitted in hard copy (paper) and electronic mail (e-mail) must be received in the Program Office by the closing date and time to receive consideration. Applications submitted through http://www.Grants. gov must be received by Grants.gov no later than November 24, 2006, 5:00 p.m. EST.

OVERVIEW

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) is soliciting Initial Proposals for Federal assistance for conducting research on (1) the "Use of Panel-based Internet Surveys for Determining Willingness- to-pay," (2) for research support for "Data Gathering for Dissertations on the Pollution Control Aspects of Environmental Economics," and (3) for "Assessing and Characterizing Uncertainty in Economic Analyses." Initial Proposals must be received by EPA or by Grants.gov by November 24, 2006, 5:00 p.m. EST. Initial
Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.

Eligible applicants include States, territories, the District of Columbia, Indian Tribes, intrastate and interstate organizations, and possessions of the U.S. It is also available to public and private universities and colleges, hospitals, laboratories, and other public or private nonprofit institutions. Nonprofit organizations described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engage in lobbying activities as defined in Section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 are not eligible to apply. For profit organizations are generally not eligible for funding. Some of EPA's statutes may limit assistance to specific types of interested applications.

The total award amount is anticipated to be $1,200,000. Proposals must be for less than $1,000,000 (total for all three areas) to be considered; proposals for area (2) must also be less than $100,000 for any one graduate student involved. Assistance agreements may be awarded for project periods of up to 5 years where appropriate. Individual proposals must not involve more than one of the above three areas. Institutions and principal investigators may submit multiple but not duplicate proposals. Individual assistance agreements may be fully or incrementally funded. Cost sharing is not required. EPA anticipates awarding 2 to 6 assistance agreements under this announcement as cooperative agreements.

A complete copy of this announcement, including discussion of application materials and requirements, is posted at:
http://yosemite. epa.gov/ee/ epa/eed.nsf/ Webpages/ GrantSolicitatio ns.html

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Research Center for Marine Technology
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