SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RESEARCH IN BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE, PART 2
- Notice Date
- 2/8/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Defense Contracting Command-Washington(DCC-W), ATTN: Policy and Compliance, 5200 Army Pentagon, Room 1D245, Washington, DC 20310-5200
- ZIP Code
- 20310-5200
- Solicitation Number
- DASW01-02-K-2
- Response Due
- 5/1/2002
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2002
- Point of Contact
- Carolyn Baltimore, 703-614-6823
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Defense Contracting Command-Washington(DCC-W)
(baltice@hqda.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA III. Time, Personnel, and Other Features of the Research. Normally, research programs can range from 1 to 3 years. Proposals may include an option for further research that will be exercised by ARI if early results are promising. Short-term, small-scale efforts in high-risk/high-gain areas are also welcome. Fina lly, investigators are encouraged to conduct their basic research in realistic contexts, where appropriate. Both single-investigator and collaborative research efforts are acceptable, as are multidisciplinary approaches to a central problem. Collaborative efforts may involve researchers at a single institution or in cooperating institutions. Offerors with questions about the appropriateness of their planned research may send e-mail or call (less preferred method) the relevant program manager. However, use of e-mail is optional and not a secure method of communication. The government is not res ponsible for technical difficulties or disclosures resulting from e-mail communications. IV. Application Procedures. Proposals should include an abstract and be sufficiently detailed to be responsive to the criteria, described below, for evaluation. Please include an e-mail address and telephone number where technical questions can be addressed. The formal proposal must include institutional endorsement, signature of the proposed principal investigator, time frames for all phases of the project, and detailed accounts of proposed work and budget. The background and technical sections of the formal proposal must be no great er than 25 pages in length, single-spaced. Additional materials may include budget, vitae, references, and institutional information. Five copies must be submitted. Scientific peers will review the proposals according to the following dimensions in order of importance: (1) Importance of the research to ARI's mission and Army concerns. (2) Technical merit, appropriateness, and feasibility of the proposed approach. (3) Scientific significance of the issue and originality. (4) The qualifications, capabilities, and experience of the proposed principal investigator and key personnel, and institutional resources and facilities. Each dimensions will be given a letter grade b etween A and F. Those proposals with very low importance to ARI and the Army will be unable to recover even with high grades on other dimensions. Technical merit is significantly more important than dimensions 3 or 4. Scientific significance is somewhat more important than qualifications. Moreover, successful proposals must have proposed costs that are both affordable and realistic for the proposed effort. The evaluation of proposed cost is subordinate to the technical evaluation. Also, past performanc e, prior research, and research and development contracts to include timely completion and cost effectiveness will be considered. A research proposal should contain the following sections: Abstract, Background, Technical Approach, References, Resumes of proposed researchers, and Budget. Abstract. The abstract should be one page or less. It should describe the problem underlying the research, the hypothesis being tested, explain the objective of the proposal, and provide a condensed, but meaningful description of the technical approach. I t is very important that in the abstract and in the body of the proposal, the author makes quite clear how this basic research, if successful, could lead to applied research in areas dealt with by ARI. Background. The background should include a description of the problem, as the proposal author understands it. It is helpful if the author shows an understanding of the Army and ARI contexts that apply to the proposed research. The description of the probl em should be tied to an account of significant previous and current research that is applicable. Clearly, there will not be enough space to write a critical, annotated bibliography, but the author should demonstrate meaningful knowledge of th e background of the research that is being proposed. Technical Approach. This is a critical part of the proposal and it should be responsive to the listed criteria. It should include a description of the hypothesis upon which the research is to be based, the goal of that research, and a detailed account of h ow the research is to be done. This account should be much like the methods section of a research paper. It should include a description of the data to be collected, the methods for collecting the data, the number and source of subjects and how they will b e acquired, and the proposed research design and likely analysis methods. It is possible that an intermediate or final product of research might include training packages, simulation models, or other software-based devices. In this case, the author should show how such a product relates to the hypothesis being tested and should provide sufficient detail to permit understanding and evaluation. The technical approach should include a statement that includes the major tasks to be performed and products to be produced. In the case of a one-year proposal, the statement should be divided by quarters of the year. In the case of multi-year proposals, it should be divided by year. References. This should be a list of all the references called out in the body of the proposal. It should not include publications that are not referred to in the body. It should be in American Psychological Association format. Resumes. Resumes or vitae should be included for all proposed researchers with special emphasis on the Principal Investigator(s). It is particularly important that the resumes include those publications that bear on the research being proposed. Budget. This should be a typical budget section as is required by other federal agencies. However, it should also include a description of total dollars required overall, per government fiscal year (the government fiscal years run from October 1 through th e following September 30), and the number of person hours/months per government fiscal year broken out by personnel type (senior scientist, graduate student, research associate, clerk, etc.). Proposers who are not in the Washington, DC area should budget at least one trip per year to ARI in Alexandria, VA to present the progress of their research. Proposers who are in the Washington, DC area should budget this trip to Kansas City, Missouri. In addition, to the paper version of the proposal, an electronic version must be sent as an e-mail attachment. This must include the complete technical and financial sections of the proposal. Different sections of the proposal may be attached in separate files. Electronic versions must either be in Microsoft Office formats, or in a format that can be decoded by Microsoft Office applications. V. Concept papers. ARI invites potential offerors who are unsure of the relevance of their topics to submit concept papers, preferably by e-mail. Concept papers are optional, but if submitted must be less than 5 pages, concisely address the proposed research, and should cont ain only an approximate total budget projection. Please enclose an e-mail address and a telephone number where you can be reached. Please submit concept papers at least 6 weeks before the deadline for proposals. Concept papers submitted late may not receiv e a timely response. VI. Deadlines. To be considered for funding, formal proposals (both signed paper and e-mail attachment versions) must be received no later than 3:30 P.M. 1 May 2002. Awards will be made between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003. Where to Mail: Inquiries, concept papers, and formal proposals should be sent to: U.S. ARI, ATTN: TAPC-ARI-BR (6.1) 5001 Eisenhower Ave., Rm. 6S58 Alexandria, VA 22333-5600. For hand deliveries between 8:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M., call 617-8721, 617-8866 or 617-8828 from the lobby. Faxed proposals will not be accepted. If you send your proposals in a manne r that requires a signature at the receiving end, and no one is at the phone when it arrives, it will not be delivered here that day. VII. Program Managers. Chief, RACO (acting): Dr. Paul Gade (703) 617-8866; Dr. Jonathan Kaplan (703) 617-8828; E-mail addresses: gade@ari.army.mil kaplan@ari.army.mil
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