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A -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCOR) SOL DAAG55-98-R-BAA6 DUE 091098 POC Mr. David W. Seitz WEB: click here to download a copy of the BAA, http://www.aro.army.mil. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCoR). The Department of Defense announces the availability of the FY 99 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the DEPSCoR program. DEPSCoR is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education in selected states, to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense. The DEPSCoR eligible states and territory are: Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming and Puerto Rico. The FY 99 DEPSCoR BAA solicits research proposals in areas important to the national defense. DoD funds will be awarded via grants through the Army Research Office (ARO), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMDO), Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) based on this announcement. Under this program, university research grants will be made via EPSCoR State Committees which will have submitted proposals to the Government evaluation panels. Proposals not submitted through the EPSCoR State Committee will be rejected. The BAA will contain additional information along with instructions for proposal preparation and submission. Proposals from the EPSCoR State Committees must be received at ARO no later than 4:00 p.m. local time on September 10, 1998. No printed copies of the BAA will be available. Individuals desiring a copy of the BAA may download it on-line at the following address: http://www.aro.army.mil. (0155)

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