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A -- COMPUTATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY SOL NRA2-36829-TLL DUE 123097 POC Tyndal L. Lindler, Contract Specialist, Phone (650) 604-1737, Fax (650) 604-4377, Email tlindler@mail.arc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/ARC/date.html#NRA2-36829-TLL. E-MAIL: Tyndal L. Lindler, tlindler@mail.arc.nasa.gov. NASA/ARC plans to release a NASA Research Announcement NRA2-36829 entitled Computational Nanotechnology. Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to: fullerene nanotechnology, diamonoid mechanosynthesis, self assembly, biological analogues, simulation (quantum, molecular mechanics, meso-scale, finite element, integration, etc.) molecular CAD, component design, etc. For more information see the following URLS: http://science.nas.nasa.gov/Groups/Nanotechnology/grants http://www.nas.nasa.gov/nanotechnology Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including industry, educational institutions, profit and nonprofit organization, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. The NRA will be open through December 30, 1997, proposals may be submitted throughout this period. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. The anticipated release date of the NRA is on or about September 30, 1997, with an anticipated offer due date of on or about December 30, 1997. Technical questions should be addressed to http://www.nas.nasa.gov/- Creon Levit at (650)604-4403 or creon@nas.nasa.gov An ombudsman has been appointed -- See Note "B". See Numbered Note 26. The NRA and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in ASCII or RTF format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. The WWW address, or URL, of the NASA/ARC Business Opportunities home page is http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/ARC/class.html. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the NRA. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the NRA. Hard copies may be obtained from the identified point of contact; however, the closing date for the hard copy received shall be the same as the NRA released on the Internet. Any referenced numbered notes can be viewed at the following URL: http://genesis.gsfc.nasa.gov/nnotes.htm. (0255)

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