[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63801-63802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30360]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2000 Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs 
Request for Grant Applications

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of program solicitation for the request 
for grant applications for Fiscal Year 2000 Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that under the authority of the Small 
Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-219) and 
reauthorized until the year 2000 by the Small Business Research and 
Development Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-564); and the STTR 
program which was created by Title II of the Small Business Research 
and Development Enhancement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-564), and 
reauthorized until the year 2001 by the Small Business Reauthorization 
Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-135), the Department of Energy (DOE) expects 
to award grants in the technical topics listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

DATES: The solicitation for the DOE SBIR and STTR programs will be a 
single document this Fiscal Year (FY 2000) and will be available on the 
World Wide Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir and http://
sttr.er.doe.gov/sttr on or about November 29, 1999.
    Applications in response to the solicitation must be received by 
5:00 p.m., EST on Tuesday, February 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation requires all applications be submitted to 
the following address: SBIR/STTR Program Manager (SC-32), U.S. 
Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290. 
Phase I grant applications hand carried by the applicant may be 
delivered to the above mentioned address only. Applications will not be 
accepted by the Department at its Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 
D.C. address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Scott, Program Support 
Specialist, telephone (301) 903-0569. Those without Web access should 
either write to the SBIR/STTR Program Manager, SC-32, U.S. Department 
of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, telephone 
(301) 903-1414, or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The objectives of the SBIR and STTR programs 
include increasing private sector commercialization of technology 
developed through DOE-supported R&D, stimulating technological 
innovation in the private sector, and improving the return on 
investment from federally-funded research for economic and social 
benefits to the nation. DOE will support high-quality research or 
research and development (R&D) on advanced concepts concerning 
important mission-related scientific or engineering problems and 
opportunities that could lead to significant public benefit if the 
research is successful.
    For both SBIR and STTR, grant applications are sought for the 
following technical topics:
    1. Improved Composite Materials and Processing Technologies;
    2. High Performance Networks and Applications;
    3. High-Speed Wireless Data-Link for Communicating from Downhole to 
the Surface while Drilling;
    4. High-Temperature Electronics Development for Geothermal 
Applications;
    5. Neutron Instrumentation;
    6. Lithium-Based Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid 
Vehicles;
    7. Recovery, Recycle, and Re-Use of Polymers and Plastics;
    8. Membranes for Advanced Industrial Separation Technologies;
    9. Reactive Separations;
    10. Development of Nonaqueous Enzymes for Chemical Production;
    11. Integrative Analysis of Gene Expression in Plants and Non-
Medical Microbes;
    12. Genome, Structural Biology, and Related Biotechnologies;
    13. Medical Sciences;
    14. Biological Carbon Sequestration Research and Technology;
    15. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere;
    16. Atmospheric Measurement Technology;
    17. Advanced Monitoring Technologies for Soils, Sediments and 
Groundwater;
    18. Technologies for Long-Term Monitoring of Contaminants at DOE 
Sites;
    19. Technologies for Deactivation and Decommissioning;
    20. Oil and Gas Technologies;
    21. Advanced Power Systems;
    22. Materials Research for Fossil Energy Applications;
    23. Hydrogen and Fuels Technologies;
    24. Hydrogen Program: Alternative Climate Friendly Process to 
Produce Fuels for Fuel Cells;
    25. Fuel Cells for Buildings;
    26. Advanced Technology for General Purpose Lighting;
    27. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology;
    28. BioProducts and BioEnergy Research;
    29. Ocean Current Energy Capture;
    30. Thermophotovoltaics;
    31. Advanced Sensors and Data Analysis Techniques for National 
Security Applications;
    32. Enabling Technologies for Active Optical Remote Sensor Systems;
    33. Enabling Technologies for Passive Optical Remote Sensor 
Systems;
    34. Nuclear Physics Instrumentation and Techniques;
    35. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology;
    36. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Physics 
Accelerators;
    37. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Physics 
Accelerators and Colliders;
    38. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet 
Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders;
    39. Technologies for the Next-Generation Electron-Positron Linear 
Collider;

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    40. High Energy Physics Detectors;
    41. High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing;
    42. Fusion Plasma Science Research;
    43. Enabling Technologies for Fusion Plasma Experiments;
    44. Advanced Technologies and Materials for Future Fusion Energy 
Systems;
    45. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy.
    The solicitation indicates that successful applicants 
(approximately 200 for SBIR and 15 for STTR) may receive up to $100,000 
for a Phase I grant for a period of about six months for SBIR (nine 
months for STTR) to develop the feasibility of the idea. Phase I 
awardees can apply for Phase II funding up to $750,000 for SBIR 
($500,000 for STTR) for those ideas with the highest potential to meet 
program objectives. The award of any grants under the provisions of 
these programs are contingent upon availability of appropriated funds.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 8, 1999.
John Rodney Clark,
Associate Director of Science for Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 99-30360 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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