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A -- SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM ("SBIR") SOL ED-00-R-0013 DUE 040300 POC LaShawn Pettaway, Procurement Technician, (202) 708-8576 or Dana Gotfredson, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-8569 or Isadora Binder, Contract Specialist, (202) 708-5141 The US Department of Education invites small business firms to submit research proposals under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Firms with strong research capabilities in educational technology, science, or engineering in any of the topic areas listed below are encourage to participate. Awards are for periods up to six (6) months in amounts up to $50,000. Each firm submitting a proposal must qualify as a small business for research purposes as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) at the time of award. In addition, the primary employment of the principal investigator must be with the small business firm at the time of award and during the conduct of the proposed research. Also, the research or R&D work must be performed in the United States and at least two-thirds of the effort must be performed by the proposing firm. The anticipated federal research topics available under this ED/SBIR program solicitation is as follows: Topic 1: Development of Technology for Access and Success for Students and Adults with Disabilities in Education and the Workplace, with a Focus on the Built or Electronic/Information Environments; Topic 2: Development of Assistive Technology to Improve the Functional Ability of Student and Adults with Disabilities; Topic 3: Development of Technologies to Improve the Transition from School-to-Work and Employment for Students and Adults with Disabilities; Topic 4: Research in Positive Behavioral Supports and Independent Living/Community Integration to Allow Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, or Life Support Needs to Participate in Educational, Vocational, and Everyday Life Activities; Topic 5: Research on Improving the Sensory or Motor Health and Functional Status of Individuals with Disabilities of All Ages; Topic 6: Research on Technologies or Strategies for All Aspects of Early Intervention in Infants, Toddlers, and Small Children; Topic 7: Research Development, or Outcome Measurements in Cross-Cutting Disability and Rehabilitation Related Technologies and Software; Topic 8: Development of Web-Technology Structures to Search Standards-based (pre K-12) Instructional and Assessment Materials; Topic 9: Development of Technology to Code and Access Videos of Teacher Practice in One Content Area for Elementary or Middle or Secondary Instruction; Topic 10: Development of Web-Technology Structures to Facilitate Educational Collaboration Among Teachers and Parents in Middle Schools and High Schools; Topic 11: Development of Technology to Support the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics a the Middle School Level; Topic 12: Development of Web-Technology Structures to Facilitate State and Local Education Agency Reporting Through Performance-Based Accountability Systems and Comparisons of Schools and Subsets of Student Populations; Topic 13: Development or Adaptation of Innovative Technologies to Assess in Teaching Higher-Order Reading Comprehension Skills: to Secondary Students in Grade 9 through 12; and/or to Adult Learners Who Have Less Than a High School Diploma; Topic 14: Development of Internet-Based Batteries of Chinese and Korean Oral Proficiency Tests at the Advanced Level (according to ACTFL and/or ILR scales). Anticipated opening date: January 24, 2000, Anticipated closing date: April 3, 2000. Any small business that is interested in obtaining the US Department of Education's FY 2000 SBIR Phase I Solicitation (ED-00-R-0013) please contact: Yolanda Abney, US Department of Education 7th & D Streets, SW, Room 3616, Washington, DC 20202, telephone: (202) 708-6498, E-mail: Yolanda_Abney@ed.gov or fax to (202) 708-9817. Upon release, the solicitation will also be available on the Internet located at: http://gcs.ed.gov/coninfo/currrfp.htm and http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SBIR. Note: Any award depends on the availability of funds. All dates listed herein are subject to change.!! Posted 12/21/99 (W-SN410386). (0355)

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