cc: dc_bader@pnl.gov, wanda.ferrell@oer.doe.gov
date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:17:06 -0400
from: Dave Bader <bader@oerhp01.er.doe.gov>
subject: US Dept of Energy grant
to: p.jones@uea.ac.uk

Phil,

(This is a follow up to our conversation in Asheville.  The following
 is a form letter that contains all of the relevant information.  Please
let me know if you have any questions.  Dave Bader dc_bader@pnl.gov)


As part of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Global Change
research program evolution, we plan to integrate the research
activities related to climate modeling and climate data analysis
into a single program focused on improving decade to century
climate prediction.  

This new program will have several complementary pieces, one of
which will be a competitive research grant component.  We currently are
soliciting grant applications through a Federal Register announcement.
You can access the announcement through the DOE WWW site, using the
information appended to this message. 

As we implement this system for grants, which has been used for
the last several years in all new programs developed by the
Environmental Sciences Division, existing projects will not be
automatically renewed.  Specifically, this means that your
project will not be renewed past its planned expiration date unless a
new application is received in response to the announcement and is
successful in the competition.

Please feel free to call me should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Dave Bader for

Patrick Crowley and  Wanda Ferrell,
Climate Change Prediction Program Managers

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     DOE Climate Change Prediction Program Grant Announcement
     (Follow-on to the CHAMMP, Climate modeling and Climate Data
      programs)

The request for grant applications has been completed and 
was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, May 27, 1997.

The announcement also appears on the DOE Office of Energy Research
Grants WWW site.

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/grants/fr97_16.html

Additional information about the DOE Global Change and Climate Research
Programs can be found  on the DOE/OHER/ESD WWW site:

http://www.er.doe.gov/production/oher/ESD_top.html

Also, appended below is the address to obtain the appropriate forms and
information needed to submit a grant application.  Please look this
information over carefully before submitting an application.

Dave Bader
dc_bader@pnl.gov

for Patrick Crowley and Wanda Ferrell, DOE CCPP Program Managers
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     ER's Grants and Contracts Division (ER-64) has created a
     web site so that potential grant applicants could access the ER Grant
     Application Guide without requesting a paper copy via mail or phone.
     Also, ER's grant solicitation notices (about 15 per year) contain
     our web site address for easy access to the Guide.

     Please be mindful that the web is a very important tool to make the
     latest information available to our customers.  Grant and contract
     procedures change frequently. With the web, our customers have immediate
     access to this new information while paper copies could become outdated
     very quickly. Also, a new section at the beginning of the Guide
     summarizes any significant changes so that a user who had viewed or
     printed the Guide earlier may know immediately what changes were made
     since they last viewed or printed it.

     Your cooperation is appreciated.  The ER Grants and Contracts Web Site
     address is http://www.er.doe.gov/production/grants/grants.html.

     (The information above was adapted from a letter sent by 
     John A. Alleva, Director, Grants and Contracts Division,
     Office of Energy Research(ER) April, 1997, to ER program offices.)