; (E) Board members may not participate in advisory activities that directly or indirectly involve review or evaluation of their own work, unless fully disclosed to the public and the work has been externally peer-reviewed; (F) Board members shall be designated as special Government employees; (G) no registered lobbyist is appointed to the Board; and (H) a Board member shall have no current grants or contracts from the Environmental Protection Agency and shall not apply for a grant or contract for 3 years following the end of that member’s service on the Board. (3) The Administrator shall— (A) solicit public nominations for the Board by publishing a notification in the Federal Register; (B) solicit nominations from relevant Federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, the Interior, and Health and Human Services; (C) solicit nominations from— (i) institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) )); and (ii) scientific and research institutions based in work relevant to that of the Board; (D) make public the list of nominees, including the identity of the entities that nominated each, and shall accept public comment on the nominees; (E) require that, upon their provisional nomination, nominees shall file a written report disclosing financial relationships and interests, including Environmental Protection Agency grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance, that are relevant to the Board’s advisory activities for the three-year period prior to the date of their nomination, and relevant professional activities and public statements for the five-year period prior to the date of their nomination