

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Environmental Justice
ITEM: Notice releasing guidelines and requesting application under the FY 2000 Office of Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which provides support to eligible organizations that are working on, or that plan to carry out, projects that address environmental justice issues.
ACTION: Applications must be postmarked by March 3, 2000. See also, http://www.epa.gov/oeca/oej/00grants.html for access to electronic information.
CONTACT: See this notice for regional contacts, or call 800/962-6215.
TITLE: Process for E-mail Submissions of Prior Approvals for NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements
DOC#: OD-00-009
INSTITUTE: National Institutes of Health-Wide
ITEM: Notice implementing the process by which grantees may submit prior approval requests for NIH grants and cooperative agreements via e-mail.
ACTION: This notice does not represent a change in policy with regard to prior approval requirements discussed in the NIH Grants Policy Statement (see also, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps/part_ii_5.htm#adminreq) but is a change in formal procedure to allow requests to be submitted and replied to via e-mail.
CONTACT: Request further information from the Grants Management Officer who signs the notice of grant award (go to http://directory.nih.gov/ for access to a directory of NIH staff members.
TITLE: Cell-specific Delineation of Prostate and Genitourinary Development
DOC#: DK-00-015
INSTITUTE: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
ITEM: Notice seeking applications under a program designed to encourage the development of new research tools and methods to study the development and biology of the prostate and urinary tract.
ACTION: Letters of intent are due by March 21, 2000, and applications are due by April 21, 2000. Application forms are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, 301/435-0714. E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html for electronic access to the forms.
CONTACT: Robert Star, 301/594-7715. Fax: 301/480-3510. E-mail: StarR@extra.niddk.nih.gov. Leroy Nyberg, 301/594-7717. Fax: 301/480-3510. E-mail: NybergL@extra.niddk.nih.gov. Michael McClure, 919/541-5327. 919/541-5064. E-mail: mm461n@nih.gov.
TITLE: Making Quality Count for Consumers and Patients
DOC#: HS-00-002
INSTITUTE: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR); National Cancer Institute
ITEM: Notice requesting applications for demonstrations that facilitate consumer and patient use of information about quality through development of test methods and models for developing information on quality for consumer and patient use in health care decisions, and evaluation of the impact of strategies to provide information about quality to consumers and patients.
ACTION: Letters of intent are due by February 11, 2000, and applications are due by March 24, 2000. Application forms are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, 301/435-0714. E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html for electronic access to the forms.
CONTACT: Christine Crofton, 301/594-2003. Fax: 301/594-2155. E-mail: ccrofton@ahcpr.gov. Gary Kreps, 301/496-7984. Fax: 301/496-8675. E-mail: Gary.Kreps@nih.gov.
TITLE: Early Detection of HIV Implications for Prevention Research
DOC#: MH-00-008
INSTITUTE: National Institute of Mental Health
ITEM: Notice seeking applications to study new approaches to increase HIV testing and communication of test results for at-risk individuals, as well as to develop and evaluate innovative prevention strategies associated with emerging technologies in the early detection of HIV.
ACTION: Letters of intent are due by February 10, 2000, and applications are due by March 10, 2000. Application forms are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, 301/435-0714. E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html for electronic access to the forms.
CONTACT: Louis Steinberg, 301/443-6100. Fax: 301/443-9719. E-mail: lsteinbe@nih.gov.
TITLE: NRSA Institutional Training Grants in Environmental Health Sciences
DOC#: PAR-00-038
INSTITUTE: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
ITEM: Notice requesting applications under an initiative providing support for training programs in disciplines and research areas that focus on the effects of chemical, physical and biological environmental agents on human health and well-being and the linking of these effects of exogenous environmental factors to the cause, moderation or prevention of human diseases or disorders.
ACTION: Applications are due by May 10, 2000. Application forms are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, 301/435-0714. E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html for electronic access to the forms.
CONTACT: Carol Shreffler, 919/541-1445. Fax: 919/541-5064. E-mail: shreffl1@niehs.nih.gov.
TITLE: Established Investigator Award in Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral and Populations Research (K05)
DOC#: PAR-00-039
INSTITUTE: National Cancer Institute
ITEM: Notice seeking applications under a program whose purpose is to provide established investigators with protected time to devote to research and to act as mentors for new investigators. Activities of particular interest are the training and retaining of scientists who conduct high-quality research in cancer prevention, control, behavioral and population sciences.
ACTION: Applications are due by February 1, June 1, and October 1, of each year. Application forms are available from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources, 301/435-0714. E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html for electronic access to the forms.
CONTACT: Lisa Begg, 301/496-8580. Fax: 301/402-4472. E-mail: beggl@mail.nih.gov.

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