[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33101-33102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-15637]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute: Opportunity for a Cooperative Research
and Development Agreement (CRADA) for the Research and Development of
Software for Managing Distributed Knowledgebases Consisting of Large
Numbers of Object of Diverse Categories Spanning Administrative,
Scientific and Other Knowledge Domains
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has extended the deadline for
submission of written notices and proposals regarding the CRADA
opportunity described in the Federal Register Notice number 74, volume
64, page 19183, dated April 19, 1999.
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AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, PHS, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice of extension of announcement.
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SUMMARY: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) seeks a Cooperative
Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with a software company with
demonstrated excellence in the development and deployment of software
applications for the enterprise and individuals. NCI has recently
developed a powerful but user-friendly computer-based system which
enables its users to create, use and share a knowledge base of
information consisting of diverse objects related to each other by
semantically meaningful links. This system, provisionally called
``KBTool'', can be considered a new class of software application since
it is sufficiently different from existing applications. The system
provides a knowledge base that is seamless, allowing individuals to
store information on a virtually unlimited range of objects and
concepts. In addition, dense and informative links between many types
of concepts are constructed. The system is extensible so that it is
suited for use in distributed systems in which information is shared
between users and stored at different physical locations. Because of
the power of the system and its relevance to many domains of knowledge
and types of applications, the NCI is seeking a commercial partner for
its continued development and deployment. The software was originally
created to organize and link vast quantities of scientific data;
however, NCI predicts that KBTool's functionality will be applicable to
a wide variety of fields. The Collaborator must have a demonstrated
record of success in privately producing and marketing information
resources. Please refer to Federal Register notice number 74, volume
64, page 19183, dated April 19, 1999 for additional information about
the KBTool technology and the corresponding CRADA opportunity.
A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) is the
anticipated joint agreement to be entered into by the NCI pursuant to
the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 and Executive Order 12591
of April 10, 1987 as amended by the national Technology Transfer
Advancement Act of 1995. The NCI is looking for a CRADA partner to
collaborate in the development of the properties of the KBTool data
management system. The expected duration of the CRADA would be from
one(1) to five (5) years.
DATES: Interested parties should notify this office in writing of their
interest in filing a formal proposal no later than July 21, 1999. They
will then have an additional thirty (30) days to submit a formal
proposal. CRADA proposals submitted thereafter may be considered if a
suitable CRADA Collaborator has not been selected.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries and proposals regarding this opportunity should be
addressed to Holly S. Symonds, Ph.D. (Tel. #301-496-0477, FAX # 301-
402-2117), Technology Development and Commercialization Branch,
National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd., Suite 450, Rockville,
MD 20852. Inquiries directed to obtaining patent license(s) needed for
participation in the CRADA opportunity may be addressed to John Fahner-
Vihtelic, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health,
6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 325, Rockville, MD 20852, (Tel. 301-496-
7735, ext. 270; FAX 301-402-0220).
Dated: June 13, 1999.
Kathleen Sybert,
Chief, Technology Development and Commercilization Branch, National
Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 99-15637 Filed 6-18-99; 8:45 am]
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