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Title: Tulane/Xavier Universities hazardous materials in aquatic environments of the Mississippi River Basin. Quarterly progress report, October 1, 1995--December 31, 1995

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/201603· OSTI ID:201603

To provide the necessary administrative support to assure that the scientific and educational goals of the project are obtained and to assure that all Department of Energy reporting requirements and requests are fulfilled.The grant reporting is divided into three aspects: Collaborative Cluster projects, Initiation projects and Education projects. A cluster project is one or more closely related collaborative, multidisciplinary research projects in which a group of investigators employs a synergistic approach to the solution of problems in the same general area of research. An initiation project typically involves a single investigator. The purpose of the project is to undertaken pilot work, lasting no more than one year, which will lead to the successful submission of an externally-funded proposal or the development of a collaborative cluster project. The education projects are designed to develop courses with emphasis on environmental studies and/or to train students in areas of environmental research. Accomplishments this quarter are: (1) Issued a request for proposals (RFP) to complete work during the next year of the project. Forty-two proposals were received in response to the RFP. (2) Selected and convened a panel of experts to review the proposals and make funding recommendations. (3) Assigned each proposal to two or more reviewers and sent copies of all proposals to each review panelist. (4) Interfaced with Oak Ridge National Laboratory regarding QA/QC issues related to sampling and analysis for the project. (5) Held numerous phone conversations with DOE representatives regarding funding allocations procedure changes as a result of the delays in the Federal budget and appropriations process this year. This quarterly report briefly describes research projects ongoing in this program.

Research Organization:
Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG01-93EW53023
OSTI ID:
201603
Report Number(s):
DOE/EW/53023-T13; ON: DE96005713; ON: DE96005713; TRN: US200312%%186
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Supercedes reports DE00201603 and DE96005713; PBD: 31 Dec 1995; PBD: 31 Dec 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English