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A -- FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY OF LANGUAGE PROCESSING IN A NONHUMAN PRIMATE (PAN PANISCUS) SOL NIH-DC-00-02 POC John P. DeCenzo, Contracting Officer, (301)496-4487 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer., jd93o@nih.gov. The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, intends to negotiate a two-year contract with Georgia State University, using other than full and open competition, to assess the functional neuroanatomy of language-like communications, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), in the brains of language-trained bonobos (Pan paniscus). The Language Research Center at the Georgia State University is the only facility in the world that has bonobos that are sufficiently language-trained. The project involves acclimating the bonobos to the proposed test procedures before transporting the animals to NIH for testing. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 02/03/00 (W-SN421478). (0034)

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