[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 87 (Friday, May 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 22543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11274]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Idaho Operations Office; Industry Materials of the Future 
(Knowledge Base or Core Activities)

AGENCY: Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of availability of financial assistance solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office is 
seeking applications for cost-shared research and development of 
materials or materials processing methods, in accordance with the 
Program Plan for the Industrial Materials for the Future Program, 
available at www.oit.doe.gov. This will be a national effort to 
research, design, develop, engineer, and test new and improved 
materials to achieve improvements in energy efficiency, emissions and 
waste reduction, productivity, product quality, and global 
competitiveness. Proposals are solicited from universities, and not-
for-profit research institutes for research and development leading to 
new materials and processing methods for eventual use in the Industries 
of the Future. Universities, and not-for-profits are required to form 
partnerships for technology development and to work with industry to 
ensure that core activities will ultimately lead to successful 
applications in industry. National Labs may partner in these activities 
but cannot be the prime recipient. Multi-partner collaborations between 
industry, university, and National Laboratory participants are 
encouraged. National laboratories will not be eligible for an award 
under this solicitation.

DATES: The issuance date of Solicitation Number DE-PS07-01ID14123 will 
be on April 26, 2001. The deadline for receipt of applications will be 
approximately on May 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The solicitation in its full text will be available on the 
Internet at the following URL address: http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html or http://e-center.doe.gov.
    Applications should be submitted to: Seb Klein, Procurement 
Services Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 
850 Energy Drive, Mail Stop 1221, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401-1563.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seb Klein, Contract Specialist, 
[email protected] gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The statutory authority for the program is 
the Federal Non-Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 
(Pub. L. 93-577).


The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number for this 
program is 81.086.

    Issued in Idaho Falls.
R.J. Hoyles,
Director, Procurement Services Division.
[FR Doc. 01-11274 Filed 5-3-01; 8:45 am]
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