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A -- TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECT SOL PA95-04 DUE 062995 POC POC, 1-800-DUAL-USE (8:00 AM through 6:00 PM, EDST, Monday-Friday). TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT PROJECT - THIS is a PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT. The Fiscal Year 1995 solicitation for the Technology Reinvestment Project (TRP) is released today, May 12, 1995. The TRP is a dual-use technology program, led by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense, that leverages commercial technological progress for the benefit of the US military. The solicitation requests TRP Technology Development and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I proposals in the following 8 dual use technology focus areas: (1) Affordable Advanced Controls Technologies, (2) Affordable Polymer Matrix Composites For Airframe Structures, (3) Biological Sensors And Multi-Organ Diagnostic Screening, (4) Digital Wireless Communications And Networking Systems, (5) Operations Other Than War/Law Enforcement, (6) Small Precision Optics Manufacturing Technology, (7) Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Applications, (8) Other: All proposals in technology areas other than 1-7 will be competed as a separate, highly competitive category. The total funds expected to be available for Technology Development and SBIR Phase I projects are $160 million and $10 million, respectively. Proposals are due JUNE 29, 1995. In order to understand this competition and propose effectively, you must obtain BOTH the TRP solicitation (No.SOL95-04) and the ''Program Information Package for Technology Reinvestment Project FY 1995 Competition'' (PIP), which has a BLUE and white cover and is dated Fall 1994. You may request these documents by: phone: 1-800-DUAL USE (1-800-382-5873), Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, fax: (703) 696-3813, addressed to: Technology Reinvestment Project, PA#95-04, electronic mail: Internet address: pa95-04@arpa.mil. If you already received a copy of the Fall 1994 PIP using any of these means, the solicitation and the TRP cover sheets will be mailed to you automatically starting today. For information, this actual competition is different from the planned one which was announced on October 21, 1994 in the CBD. The major changes are as follows: (1) The Regional Technology Alliance and Manufacturing Education and Training competition areas are CANCELED. (2) 5 of the original technology focus areas have been ELIMINATED, leaving the 8 listed above. (3) The total funds available for Technology Development projects has been reduced from $250 million to about $160 million. (0130)

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