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A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS TECHNOLOGY Sol DAAH04-96-R-BAA7, Due 052496, POC technical POC, Dr. Robert Guenther, 919/549-4237, Contracting Officer, Anna G. McLaughlin, 919/549-4301. The U.S. Army Research Office announces an FY 1996 Broad Agency Announcement for Adaptive Optics Technology. Through this competition, the Department of Defense expects to make one to three grant awards to U.S. institutions of high education (other than federal government) with degree-granting programs in science and/or engineering, or by consortia led by such institutions. Awards will be based on merit competition. The awards will be made by the Army Research Office. Theoretical and/or experimental research in wavefront distortion sensing, phase modulation techniques, computations for image retrieval, wavefront correction (e.g., nonlinear optics, liquid crystals, deformable mirrors, computational methods) will be considered. Physical parameters of a typical imaging system include IFOV of 0.05 mrad or less, vertical field of regard-1 degree, f-numbers between 1.5 and 3.2, entrance apertures up to 24 inches in diameter, and wavelengths between 0.32 and 15 micrometers. Institutionally approved, signed, and completed proposals must be received by the Army Research Office, address above, by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on 16 May 1996. Potential offerors must note that each grant awarded under this announcement or solicitation to an institution of higher education will include the following clause: ``As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of Defense (DoD) under this award, the recipient agrees that it is not an institution that has a policy of denying, and that it is not an institution that effectively prevents, the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes: (A) entry to campuses or access to students on campuses, or (B) access to director information pertaining to students. If the recipient is determined, using procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558 of Public Law 103-337 (1994), to be such an institution during the period of performance or this agreement, and therefore to be in breach of this clause, the government will cease all payment of DoD funds under this agreement and all other DoD grants and cooperative agreements, and it may suspend or terminate such grants and agreements unilaterally for material failure to comply with the terms and conditions of award. If your institution has been identified under the procedures established by the Secretary of Defense to implement section 558, then: (1) no funds available to DoD may be provided to your institution through any grant, including any existing grant, (2) as a matter of policy, this restriction also applies to any cooperative agreement, and (3) your institution is not eligible to receive a grant or cooperative agreement in response to this solicitation''. The solicitation which lists the technical and procurement points of contact, proposal preparation, evaluation criteria and deadlines may be downloaded from the Army Research Office Home Page. There is no charge for accessing the information. World Wide Web users can access the system by using the following address: HTTP://www.aro.ncren.net. Hard copies are available from the U.S. Army Research Office, address above. Requests may be made by E-Mail at: ann@aro-emhl.army.mil or by facsimile, 919/549-4310. (106)

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