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R -- APPLICATION PROCESSING AND REVIEW SERVICES FOR NSF GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM SOL CPO 98-002 POC Jeff S. Leithead,703/306-1242 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting proposals to provide processing and evaluation services for its Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is comprised of the Graduate Fellowships (GF) competition and the Minority Graduate Fellowships (MGF) competition, each with additional awards for Women in Engineering (WENG) and Women in Computer and Information Science (WICS). The application processing services that are encompassed by this requirement include developing and printing materials; assembling the application materials; distributing publicity materials; communicating with potential applicants; and receiving, screening, checking, and readying the applications. The services related to application evaluation include obtaining commitments from expert scientists and engineers willing to serve on panels for the evaluation of applications; making arrangements with hotel staff for lodging, meeting, and function rooms; providing staff and computer support for the process of application reviews; arranging and conducting review panel meetings, including payment of panelist expenses; and communicating the results to NSF; and completing certain related and ancillary activities. Extensive computer-generated reports and electronic files (mostly rosters and tabulations) are supplied to NSF for use in selecting awardees and in assisting with NSF's post-award administration of the Fellowships. NSF anticipates awarding a two or three year base contract with options to extend the contract up to five years. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or about November 28, 1997, at the following Website: (http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/cpo/contract/start.htm). To receive all other applicable documents that may not be available on the Web Site and to ensure receipt of the solicitation if it is not available on the Web Site, organizations should submit requests by e-mail to the following address (jleithea@nsf.gov) and include where the documents shouldbe sent. Telephone requests will not be honored.***** (0316)

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