U.S. Army Research Office, AMXRO-AAA, P.O.Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211

R -- JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIA PROGRAM POC Contracting: Hodges T. Throckmorton; 919-549-4264; Technical: Peggy Lacewell; 919-549-4339 The Army Research Office intends to award a grant to the Academy of Applied Science, 98 Washington Street, Concord, New Hampshire, to support the Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) program during the period of June 1998 through June 2003. The objective of the program is to provide assistance to high school students who desire to attend and compete in regional, national and international scientific and mathematics competitions. The JSHS program is composed of (a) forty-eight regional symposia, (b) a national symposium, (c) various JSHS scholarships, (d) an International Mathematical Olympiad, (e) a London International Youth Science Forum, (f) a teachers award program and (g) an Operation Cherry Blossom program. These various programs are awarded yearly. To support these efforts, the grantee will award agreements to various pre-approved universities. The grantee will be responsible for providing the administrative management, facilities and support effort to conduct the entire JSHS program and will be required to prepare and provide to the Army Research Office an annual report of accomplishments. The Academy of Applied Science is currently conducting the program and has been awarded this effort competitively for the past twenty-one years. Any organization that is qualified and interested in performing this JSHS effort for the next five-year period may provide its organization's capability statement and relevant experience with similar programs by 16 April 1998 to the following address: US Army Research Office, Attn: Hodges T. Throckmorton, Contracting Officer, P. O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709-2211. (0091)

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