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A -- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (DEPSCOR) SOL DAAD19-00-R-0006 DUE 091400 POC Mr. David W. Seitz, ARO, (919) 549-4207 The Department of Defense (DOD) announces the availability of the FY 2001 Broad Agency Announcement for the Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (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 are: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idoho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahome, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico. The FY 01 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 Organization (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 bemade via EPSCoR State Committees which will have submitted proposals to the Government evaluation panels. Proposals not submitted through an EPSCoR State Committee will be rejected. The BAA solicitation 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 14, 2000. Individuals desiring a copy of the BAA may download it on-line at the following address: http://www.aro.army.mil Posted 05/17/00 (W-SN455893). (0138)

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