Office of Science Financial Assistance Program Notice 99-05; Low Dose Research ProgramScientific, Regulatory, and Societal Issues

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The Office of Biological and Environmental Research (OBER) of the Office of Science (SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), hereby announces its interest in receiving applications to address, analyze, and anticipate scientific, regulatory, and societal issues and opportunities arising from advances in low dose research and from current and planned regulatory policy. This may include research to summarize (1) the state-of-the-art of low dose research, (2) research and technology developments that support needs of the low dose research program, and (3) information needs and risk policy development strategies of regulatory agencies responsible for developing low dose radiation exposure standards. Research summaries should be submitted for publication in the peer-reviewed literature so they are broadly available to scientists, regulators, and the public. Information can be made broadly available through the development and use of a web site or other educational materials. Applications can also include the organization of studies, conferences, or workshops that identify and clarify, on an ongoing basis, the most urgent issues for the low dose research program and for the use of informati