[SCCOOS] Lead Campus Funding Opportunity for Research on Toxics

[Carolyn Keen]

Dear SCCOOS participants,

Apologies if you've already seen this RFP.  If not, up to $270K/year 
is available to investigators from UC campuses and National Labs for 
research relevant to the "problems of toxic substances in 
California." Coastal/Marine toxicology is one of the areas of funded 
research.

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MULTI-YEAR LEAD CAMPUS FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ON TOXICS:
The UC Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program (TSR&TP)
announces the availability of up to $270,000 of funding per
year for a maximum of 6 years (with a non-competitive review
at 3 years) for a new Lead Campus in any area  relevant to the
problems of toxic substances in California.

Below is a summary of the RFP.  For further information and
the full RFP, visit our web site
http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/

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NEW TSR&TP LEAD CAMPUS RFP
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ELIGIBILITY:  Groups of investigators from any UC campuses (or
consortia of campuses and National Laboratories) are invited to
submit proposals.

RESEARCH EMPHASIS:
Any area relevant to the problems of toxic substances in California.
For a list of research priority areas, see 
http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/about_tsrtp/research_priorities.html.
Current TSR&TP lead campus programs are in the areas of 
Ecotoxicology, Coastal/Marine Toxicology,  and Mechanisms of 
Toxicity.  Descriptions
of these programs are also on our website.

DESCRIPTION:  A Lead Campus program is an interdisciplinary research
and training program focused on important problem areas of toxic
substances in the environment.  A successful Lead Campus program will
foster interdisciplinary faculty collaborations between departments
and campuses, be an incubator for innovative research, provide education
and training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in relevant
fields, and result in the establishment of sustainable programs.

PROJECT PERIOD:  A maximum of 6 years with a non-competitive review
at 3 years by the TSR&TP Executive Committee.  Funding will begin
on 7/1/2005.

BUDGET:  Annual budget of up to $270,000 may be requested
DEADLINE:  Proposals must be received by 5:00pm, 2/28/05 to be
considered in this competition.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  The full RFP and grant application forms
are available from our web site at 
http://tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/funded_projects/05.06.RFP/LC_RFP.html.



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Carolyn S. Keen
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225
phone +1 (858) 822-3370
fax +1 (858) 822-3372