[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4, Parts 500 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR600.9]

[Page 89]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
               CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--CONTINUED
 
PART 600--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RULES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 600.9  Notice of program interest.

    (a) General. (1) DOE may publish periodic Notices of Program 
Interest in the Federal Register and other media, as appropriate, which 
describes broad, general, technical problems and areas of investigation 
for which DOE may award grants or cooperative agreements.
    (2) DOE shall evaluate any application submitted under a Notice of 
Program Interest as an unsolicited application.
    (b) Contents. The notice shall include:
    (1) A brief description of the areas of interest for which DOE may 
provide financial assistance;
    (2) A statement about how resulting applications will be evaluated 
and the criteria for selection and funding;
    (3) An expiration date with an explanation that such a date does not 
represent a common deadline for applications but rather that 
applications may be submitted at any time before the notice expires; and
    (4) The location for application submission.