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A -- SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM SOLICITATION SOL DOE ER/0686 DUE 030397 POC Julie Scott, Technical Support Assistant, 301 903-0569. 17. The Department of Energy invites small businesses (500 employees or less) to submit grant applications in response to its fifteenth annual SBIR program solicitation to be issued on December 2, 1996. A copy of the solicitation may be obtained electronically on the World Wide Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir.htm. Those who do not have Web access can receive further instructions by writing to the SBIR Program Manager, ER-32, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, or by telephoning (301) 903-1414. The program solicitation is for the following technical topics: (1) Remediation of Subsurface Contaminants, (2) Characterization Technologies for Environmental Remediation and Waste Management, (3) Efficient Separations Processes, (4) Genome, Structural Biology, and Related Technologies, (5) Advanced Environmental Monitoring Technology, (6) Atmospheric Measurement and Sampling Technology, (7) Medical Applications, (8) Occupational Exposure Assessment, (9) Biologically-Based Catalysis for Energy Applications, (10) Computational Geosciences: Subsurface Characterization and Fluid Transport, (11) Materials Joining, (12) Processing for Surface Hardness, (13) Metal Forming, (14) Processing of Permanent Magnet Materials, (15) Catalysts for Advanced Transportation Technologies, (16) Characterization of Electrochemical Interfaces in Energy Storage and Conversion Processes, (17) High Temperature Superconductivity for Energy Applications, (18) High Performance Computing Concepts and Information Infrastructure for the National Information Initiative, (19) Intelligent Control of Energy Technologies Using Chaos Theory and Other Techniques, (20) Advanced Sensors, Materials, and Control Systems for Harsh Industrial and Agricultural Environments, (21) Systems and Products for Passive Solar Building Applications, (22) Liquid Natural Gas Storage for Heavy Vehicles, (23) Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology, (24) Advanced Coal Technology, (25) Natural Gas Utilization, (26) Advanced Oil and Gas Technology, (27) Advanced Coal-Based Power Systems, (28) Technologies for Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and Space Nuclear Power Systems, (29) Sensor Components for Nonproliferation and National Security, (30) Detection and Characterization of Illicit Activity for Nonproliferation and National Security, (31) Technology Development for DOE Emergency Response Teams, (32) Nuclear Physics Instrumentation and Techniques, (33) Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology, (34) Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators, (35) Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Colliders, (36) Advanced Cryogenic, High-field Superconductor, and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders, (37) High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing, (38) High Energy Physics Detectors, (39) Plasma Physics and Diagnostics, (40) Fusion Materials and Components, and (41) Technology, Instrumentation and Materials for Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerators. Successful applicants (approximately 200) may receive up to $75,000 for a Phase I grant for a period of about six months to develop the feasibility of the idea. Phase I awardees can apply for Phase II funding with up to $750,000 for those ideas with the highest potential to meet the SBIR program objectives. The closing date for this solicitation is March 3, 1997. Questions regarding this program solicitation should be addressed to the Program Manager at the above address, or telephone (301) 903-1414. (0317)

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