[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63801-63802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30360]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2000 Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs
Request for Grant Applications
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability of program solicitation for the request
for grant applications for Fiscal Year 2000 Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that under the authority of the Small
Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-219) and
reauthorized until the year 2000 by the Small Business Research and
Development Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-564); and the STTR
program which was created by Title II of the Small Business Research
and Development Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-564), and
reauthorized until the year 2001 by the Small Business Reauthorization
Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-135), the Department of Energy (DOE) expects
to award grants in the technical topics listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
DATES: The solicitation for the DOE SBIR and STTR programs will be a
single document this Fiscal Year (FY 2000) and will be available on the
World Wide Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir and http://
sttr.er.doe.gov/sttr on or about November 29, 1999.
Applications in response to the solicitation must be received by
5:00 p.m., EST on Tuesday, February 29, 2000.
ADDRESSES: The solicitation requires all applications be submitted to
the following address: SBIR/STTR Program Manager (SC-32), U.S.
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290.
Phase I grant applications hand carried by the applicant may be
delivered to the above mentioned address only. Applications will not be
accepted by the Department at its Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
D.C. address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Scott, Program Support
Specialist, telephone (301) 903-0569. Those without Web access should
either write to the SBIR/STTR Program Manager, SC-32, U.S. Department
of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, telephone
(301) 903-1414, or e-mail sbir-sttr@science.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the SBIR and STTR programs
include increasing private sector commercialization of technology
developed through DOE-supported R&D, stimulating technological
innovation in the private sector, and improving the return on
investment from federally-funded research for economic and social
benefits to the nation. DOE will support high-quality research or
research and development (R&D) on advanced concepts concerning
important mission-related scientific or engineering problems and
opportunities that could lead to significant public benefit if the
research is successful.
For both SBIR and STTR, grant applications are sought for the
following technical topics:
1. Improved Composite Materials and Processing Technologies;
2. High Performance Networks and Applications;
3. High-Speed Wireless Data-Link for Communicating from Downhole to
the Surface while Drilling;
4. High-Temperature Electronics Development for Geothermal
Applications;
5. Neutron Instrumentation;
6. Lithium-Based Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid
Vehicles;
7. Recovery, Recycle, and Re-Use of Polymers and Plastics;
8. Membranes for Advanced Industrial Separation Technologies;
9. Reactive Separations;
10. Development of Nonaqueous Enzymes for Chemical Production;
11. Integrative Analysis of Gene Expression in Plants and Non-
Medical Microbes;
12. Genome, Structural Biology, and Related Biotechnologies;
13. Medical Sciences;
14. Biological Carbon Sequestration Research and Technology;
15. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere;
16. Atmospheric Measurement Technology;
17. Advanced Monitoring Technologies for Soils, Sediments and
Groundwater;
18. Technologies for Long-Term Monitoring of Contaminants at DOE
Sites;
19. Technologies for Deactivation and Decommissioning;
20. Oil and Gas Technologies;
21. Advanced Power Systems;
22. Materials Research for Fossil Energy Applications;
23. Hydrogen and Fuels Technologies;
24. Hydrogen Program: Alternative Climate Friendly Process to
Produce Fuels for Fuel Cells;
25. Fuel Cells for Buildings;
26. Advanced Technology for General Purpose Lighting;
27. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology;
28. BioProducts and BioEnergy Research;
29. Ocean Current Energy Capture;
30. Thermophotovoltaics;
31. Advanced Sensors and Data Analysis Techniques for National
Security Applications;
32. Enabling Technologies for Active Optical Remote Sensor Systems;
33. Enabling Technologies for Passive Optical Remote Sensor
Systems;
34. Nuclear Physics Instrumentation and Techniques;
35. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology;
36. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Physics
Accelerators;
37. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Physics
Accelerators and Colliders;
38. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet
Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders;
39. Technologies for the Next-Generation Electron-Positron Linear
Collider;
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40. High Energy Physics Detectors;
41. High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing;
42. Fusion Plasma Science Research;
43. Enabling Technologies for Fusion Plasma Experiments;
44. Advanced Technologies and Materials for Future Fusion Energy
Systems;
45. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy.
The solicitation indicates that successful applicants
(approximately 200 for SBIR and 15 for STTR) may receive up to $100,000
for a Phase I grant for a period of about six months for SBIR (nine
months for STTR) to develop the feasibility of the idea. Phase I
awardees can apply for Phase II funding up to $750,000 for SBIR
($500,000 for STTR) for those ideas with the highest potential to meet
program objectives. The award of any grants under the provisions of
these programs are contingent upon availability of appropriated funds.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 8, 1999.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 99-30360 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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