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R -- SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OUTREACH SOL CPO 96-030 POC Norschenia Payne, Contract Specialist, 703/306-1242. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting proposals to coordinate and produce special projects for the purpose of Science and Engineering Outreach. These projects are to create or improve lay access to science, engineering and technology so as to increase public awareness, interest, understanding and participation. The primary outreach activity is National Science & Technology Week (NSTW) 1997 (and the year following, at a minimum), the core program of which is to be coordinated and produced, integrating all elements of its total program. NSTW's core program includes year-long activities of both educational and promotional content. Each of these components requires the conceptualization, design, and production of materials, events, and activities to focus national attention and interest on the importance of science and technology in daily life. The program is a year-long campaign to achieve that objective, culminating each year in National Science & Technology Week, held traditionally in late April and highlighting the themes and activieies of each year's campaign. Required Contractor's services include those of science and education writers, science/mathematics/technology education specialists, graphics designers, original artists, illustrators, publicists, public relations and promotional specialists, as well as printers and other necessary vendors to showcase both education and promotional materials through print and other media. The Contractor will also be expected to effect the distribution of education and promotional materials, ensuring accurate, effectively targeted, and timely deliveries. Additional services required of this Contractor include those of radio and TV production; training of educators--formal and informal, such as volunteers and parents--in education and promotion activities of NSTW and other outreach projects; organization and management of a national contest, to be mounted annually throughout the U.S. and beyond; management and support of the growth of NSTW's Regional Network, and program evaluation of impact and quality. The solicitation will be available on or about July 30, 1996. Written requests for the solicitation may be sent to the address above. Telephone requests will not be honored.**** (0180)

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