SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) for Multiscale Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials (MSME)
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2010
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-11-R-0002
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2011
- Point of Contact
- Julia Wertley-Rotenberry, 919-549-4268
- E-Mail Address
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RDECOM Contracting Center - Durham (RDECOM-CC)
(julia.wertleyrotenberry@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, RTP Contracting Division, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), is issuing a DRAFT Program Announcement (PA), W911NF-11-R-0002, for the establishment of a Collaborative Research Alliance (CRA) for Multiscale Multidisciplinary Modeling of Electronic Materials (MSME). The purpose of this MSME CRA PA is to solicit offers that will help fulfill the research and development goals of the U.S. Department of the Army. The Army envisions the Alliance will bring together government, industrial, and academic institutions to undertake the fundamental research necessary to enable the quantitative understanding of electronic materials from the smallest to the largest relevant scales. Resulting models are needed to create new understanding and improved electronic device applications to include sensors and electronics for enhanced battlespace effects, and efficient power and energy devices. The objective of this CRA is to conduct fundamental research to create MSME to support development of future electronic materials and devices for the Army. To achieve this, the Alliance is expected to advance the fundamental science, understanding and state-of-the-art (SoA) for Multiscale Multidisciplinary Models in each of the following Electronic Materials Research Areas: 1) Electrochemical Energy Devices, 2) Hybrid Photonic and Spintronic Devices, and 3) Heterogeneous Metamorphic Electronics. The intent is for the Multiscale Models to be developed by the Recipient. The experimentation for validation and verification for these models will be performed by ARL scientists in each of the three Electronic Materials Research Areas, which is expected to be part of a continual process to improve and create new models through collaboration between ARL and the Recipient. Programmatically, the CRA should initiate and execute a fundamental, cohesive, multidisciplinary collaborative research program that links MSME across length and time scales with validated modeling. Responses to the PA are expected to provide a plan to perform materials by design by addressing the following Multiscale Modeling Research core elements for each of the Electronic Materials Research Areas above: 1) Modeling and Simulation, 2) Bridging the Scales, 3) Multiscale Material Metrics, 4) Validation and Verification, and 5) Processing and Synthesis. Innovative crosscutting themes across both the Electronic Materials and Modeling Research areas are envisioned to advance the SoA as part of this initiative. The DRAFT MSME CRA PA can be found at http://www.arl.army.mil/CRAMSME. This PA will result in the award of a cooperative agreement (CA) as defined at 31 U.S.C. 6305 for the execution of the MSME CRA. The CA will be awarded to a single Recipient academic institution, but is expected to include participation by additional institutions. Additionally, it is required that covered educational institutions (to include Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions) shall receive 5-10% of the annual CA funding. Under this PA, proposals are sought to select the recipient for the MSME CRA. Planned funding levels for the CA are set forth in the MSME CRA PA. Contingent upon available funding, the Army expects to support the MSME CRA for five years with an option for an additional five years. An Opportunity Conference will be held on Friday, 19 November 2010 at the Fair Oaks Marriott, Fairfax, VA. The purpose of the Opportunity Conference is to provide potential offerors with scientific and business information concerning the MSME CRA and to provide an opportunity for potential offerors to discuss the MSME CRA with Government personnel. Details concerning registration and logistics associated with the Opportunity Conference can be found at the MSME CRA website listed above. All presentations provided at the Opportunity Conference will be posted subsequently on the MSME CRA website. In addition, all questions and answers resulting from the Opportunity Conference that do not include proprietary information will be posted on the MSME CRA website. Interested offerors are strongly encouraged to thoroughly review the DRAFT MSME CRA PA prior to attending the Opportunity Conference. It is noted that this Opportunity Conference will also include a discussion of the DRAFT PA issued under W911NF-11-R-0001 for the Materials in Extreme Dynamic Environments (MEDE) CRA. The DRAFT MEDE PA can be found at http://www.arl.army.mil/CRAMEDE. ARL will host an Open House at Adelphi, MD on 9 December 2010 in connection with the MSME CRA. More information on the Open House can be found at the MSME CRA website.
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