Notice of Clarification of Responsiveness for RFA-ES-07-007, Development and Application of Nanotechnology-based Tools to Understand Mechanisms of Bioremediation (R01)

Notice Number: NOT-ES-08-004

Key Dates
Release Date:    December 10, 2007
Opening Date:  January 15, 2008 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)

Issued by
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/)

Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to clarify the responsiveness criteria for RFA-ES-07-007, which was released November 9, 2007. 

Under Section I. Funding Opportunity Description, “Objectives and Scope”, the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) reads:

It is expected that research proposals will integrate emerging nanotechnologies with basic research needs in bioremediation; therefore, applications without these two components will be considered non-responsive.  Examples of non-responsiveness or studies that would be outside of the scope of this FOA include, but may not be limited to, the following:

It should read:

It is expected that research proposals will integrate emerging nanotechnologies (or appropriate micro-scale techniques) with basic research needs in bioremediation; therefore, applications without the bioremediation component will be considered non-responsive.  Examples of non-responsiveness or studies that would be outside of the scope of this FOA include, but may not be limited to, the following:

Inquiries

Direct inquiries regarding this Notice to:

Heather Henry, Ph.D.
Program Administrator
Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences
Division of Extramural Research and Training
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
111 TW Alexander Drive, MD EC-27
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709-2233
Telephone: (919) 541-5330
Fax: (919) 541-4937
Email: henryh@niehs.nih.gov


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