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National Center For Environmental Research Grant For Complex Chemical Mixtures
A request for applications has been jointly issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to provide funding for researchers to develop new and innovative statistical, computational, and predictive approaches to access risks from chemical mixtures. The goal of this initiative is to provide a better understanding of the mechanistic basis for chemically initiated cellular and or molecular perturbations and associated health effects. Information on the effects of mixtures must be obtained for long-term and short-term exposures of the general population, as well as for effects on particularly susceptible sub groups, such as children, and groups exposed at higher levels than that found in general population, such as can occur with occupational exposure. A total of $5 million has been appropriated for these grants. Funding is available to researchers working at domestic, academic, and nonprofit organizations. The challenge posed to researchers is to develop reliable means of combining exposure assessments in a manner that provides meaningful ways of determining potential health risks from total exposures to many chemicals. Project awards range up to $250,000 per year total cost for up to three years. Application budgets should include one trip per year to annual meetings to be held either in Research Triangle Park, NC, or Washington, D.C. Deadline for application is July 10, 2000. A set of instructions for application for this grant program can be found at the National Center For Environmental Research Web site at: http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/forms/downlf.html or by contacting Chris Saint at the EPA at (202) 564-6909 or by e-mail at [email protected].
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting applications to support faculty who are early in their careers and are likely to become leaders in their academic fields, including the biological sciences. A total of $65 million has been appropriated for these awards, and grants are made in the amount of least $250,000 annually for five years. The NSF anticipates giving 300 awards. Applicants must be as yet untenured faculty in tenure-track positions at institutions within United States in the four years after October 1, 1996. Previous recipients of the NSF Career Award or the Presidential Early Career Award For Scientists And Engineers are not eligible. This program is intended to support the critical future role of new faculty members in intergrading research and education and fostering connections between the process of learning and discovery. Proposals should demonstrate activities that exemplify the process of continuous learning and the quest for new knowledge. Further information is available at the NSF Web site http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2000/nsf0089/nsf0089.txt. or by contacting Fred Stollnitz at (703) 306-1413 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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