Administrative Operations Staff (MD-49), Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division, National Risk Management Research Lab, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

U -- COOPERATIVE TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES RESEARCH SOL NHEERL 97-1 DUE 071197 POC Frances W. Richards, 919-541-3453 U. The EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) conducts mission-related research to better determine toxicological hazard, define dose-response relationships, and estimate human exposure characteristics in support of the Agency's overall risk assessment and guideline development. We are seeking to enter into a cooperative agreement(s) which will provide training opportunities for undergraduates, graduates, and postdoctural fellows on-site at EPA's Research Triangle Park and/or Chapel Hill, NC, facility. The purpose of this assistance agreement is to identify and provide training for candidates in the environmental health sciences curriculum whose areas of interest coincide with areas of ongoing research at NHEERL (i.e., Neurotoxicology, Pharmacokinetics, Environmental Carcinogenesis, Pulmonary Toxicology, Developmental Toxicology and Reproductive Toxicology, Immunotoxicology, Environmental Epidemiiology and Biostatistics/Modeling). EPA will have significant involvement in this project by providing scientific mentors and facilities for selected candidates. Because of this close collaboration between the EPA mentors, the trainees, and the institution, competition will be limited to institutions within a 50-mile radius of Research Triangle Park, NC. Proposals, which must be cleared through appropriate institutional review boards, will be evaluated by expert review panels. The review will be based on the proposer's approach for administering the project, cost estimates, staff qualifications, relevancy to the mission of the Agency, and anticipated collaboration with EPA. The total amount of EPA resources for this solicitation is expected to be $1,000,000 per year contingent upon availability of funds. The award(s) will be for a three year period. We anticipate these funds will support one or more awards. This solicitation is subject to 40, CFR, Part 45 of the EPA grant regulations. In addition, the project will be subject to the general regulations (Part 31 for State, local and Indian tribal governments; Part 30 for other recipients). Profit-making organizations are ineligible to apply under the legislation authorizing EPA's assistance programs. Application material and technical instructions may be obtained from the Office of the Associate Director for Health, NHEERL, (MD-87), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number 919-541-2283; Fax 919-541-4201. Responses to this advertisement must be received by the close of business on June 16, 1997. EPA reserves the right not to make any awards from this solicitation. (0150)

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