potential research funding: climate change impacts on coral reefs

[West.Jordan at EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV]

Dear Colleagues,

The Global Change Research Program of the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency is soliciting proposals from U.S. states, territories, tribes and
local government agencies interested in assessing the potential impacts of
climate change and variability on water quality and/or aquatic ecosystems
(including coral reefs).

Universities and non-profit organizations may apply for assistance under
this program if they will use EPA  funds to provide support to U.S.
state/tribal/other local government agencies.

The summary description provided below includes a website address where
further documentation and forms can be obtained.

**Please do not use the "reply" function to respond to this posting.**

For further information, please contact: David Kelley, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, by email (kelley.dave at epa.gov), phone
(202-564-3263), or fax (202-564-2268).

ANNOUNCING: Request for Applications

WHAT: Funding for Cooperative Agreements with EPA's Global Change Research
Program

POTENTIAL APPLICANTS: State/Tribal/Other Local Government Agencies

SUBJECT: Assess climate change impacts on water quality and aquatic
ecosystems, and options that local groups (e.g., states, tribes) could use
to prepare for, adapt to, and cope with these changes

TITLE: A Request for Applications for Cooperative Agreements to Provide
Assistance to U.S.  State/Tribal/or Other Local Government Agencies to
Conduct Location-Specific Assessments of the Impacts of Climate Change and
Variability on Aquatic Ecosystems and Water Quality

WEBSITE: Information about the request for applications is available on the
Global Change Research Program's website:
http://www.epa.gov/globalresearch/     (Click on the newsreel and follow
the instructions to download the solicitation, an application kit, and a
list of resources that may be helpful to applicants.)

The solicitation can also be accessed from the National Center for
Environmental Assessment's website:
http://www.epa.gov/ncea/about/RFA_gc1.htm.

ABSTRACT:

     A Request for Applications for Cooperative Agreements to Provide
                Assistance to State/Tribal/Other Local Government
                Agencies to Conduct Location-Specific Assessments of the
Impacts of
                Climate Change and Variability on Aquatic Ecosystems and
Water Quality


                The EPA's Global Change Research Program within the Office
of Research and
                Development is issuing a "Request for Applications" (RFA)
for cooperative agreements to
                provide assistance to state/tribal/other local government
agencies to conduct
                location-specific assessments of the impacts of global
change on aquatic ecosystems and
                water quality. (For the purposes of this solicitation,
"local" describes any entity that operates
                at a smaller spatial scale than the regional or national
scale. Examples include states, tribes,
                U.S. territories, counties, municipalities, and
watersheds.) In addition, universities and
                non-profit organizations may apply for assistance under
this program if they will use EPA
                funds to provide support to state/tribal/other local
government agencies.

                Specifically, funding recipients will assess the potential
effects of climate change and
            variability on water quality (with respect to drinking water,
wastewater treatment, surface
            water, and/or ground water) and/or the effects on aquatic
ecosystems (streams, rivers,
            lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and/or coral reefs). The purpose of
these cooperative
                agreements is to build local capacity by providing physical
resources (through cooperative
                agreement funding) and technical assistance necessary to
conduct pilot assessment projects.
                These pilot projects will help groups that receive funds to
develop the capacity to conduct
                additional assessments on their own, and will generate
model methodologies and
                approaches that can be applied by other local authorities.
Applicants are encouraged to
                develop cooperative relationships with other organizations,
educational institutions, citizens
                groups, water quality authorities (e.g., water suppliers,
treatment plants) and/or other
                non-federal governmental entities to achieve these
purposes. Any transactions with such
                groups involving transfer of EPA funds must comply with
applicable regulations. Awards
                are estimated to range from $25,000 to $100,000 total over
a one- to three- year period.
                Depending on funding availability, up to approximately
$300,000 will be available to fund
                approximately three to six awards.
                Applications are due no later than October 18, 2001.

                For further information, please contact: David Kelley,
National Center for Environmental
                Assessment, by email (kelley.dave at epa.gov), phone
(202-564-3263), or fax
                (202-564-2268).

USE THE NCEA OR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM WEBSITES FOR OFFICIAL
VERSIONS OF THESE DOCUMENTS OR CONTACT DAVE KELLEY FOR PAPER COPIES.

PLEASE NOTE:
1) Regarding the last page of the solicitation, the complete Express
Address is 808 17th Street, NW. The rest of the address is correct.
2) The Application file attached is quite long ( guidance, directions), you
may want to request a hard-copy from Dave Kelley  to fill out the
Application.

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Jordan M. West, Ph. D.
AAAS/EPA Science and Engineering Fellow

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
ORD/NCEA/Global Change Research Program
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue (Mail Code 8601D)
Washington, DC  20460

Phone:  202/564-3384
Fax:  202/565-0075
e-mail:  west.jordan at epa.gov
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