Amendment of the Notice of the Availability of the Fiscal Year 2001 Solicitation for Applications for the National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program

Samenvatting

This notice amends the announcement of the availability of the fiscal year (FY) 2001 solicitation for applications, which is titled the "NRI Program Description," for the National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program published at 65 FR 54989, September 12, 2000. In accordance with the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2001, which provides less funding for the NRI in FY 2001 than was anticipated at the time the availability of the FY 2001 solicitation for applications was announced, this amendment revises the estimated amounts of funds available in the following research categories (PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED FY 2001 funding (PREV) and CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED FY 2001 (CUR) funding, rounded to the $0.1M, follows in parentheses): Natural Resources and the Environment (PREV:$19.1M, CUR:$16.4M) Nutrition, Food Quality, and Health (PREV:$14.9M, CUR:$16.8M) Plant Systems (PREV:$38.2M, CUR:$32.4M) Animal Systems (PREV:$27.0M, CUR:$23.0M) Markets, Trade, and Policy (PREV:$4.3M, CUR:$3.7M) New Products and Processes (PREV:$7.6M, CUR:$6.5M) As a result the following Program Areas will not be funded, and propo