[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63686-63687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30443]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


National Nuclear Security Administration; Stewardship Science 
Academic Alliances Program Financial Assistance Number DE-PS03-
01SF22349

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), U.S. 
Department of Energy (DOE).

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ACTION: Notice of competitive financial assistance solicitation.

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SUMMARY: The DOE/NNSA, through the Oakland Operations Office, is 
seeking applications/proposals in specific areas of physical science 
with the principal goals of: (1) Grow the U.S. scientific community, 
through the funding of research projects at universities, in areas of 
fundamental science and technology relevant to stockpile stewardship, 
with a focus on those areas that have not been traditionally supported 
by other federal agencies and for which there is a recruiting need 
within the NNSA/DP laboratories complex; and (2) Providing fundamental-
science information and developing advanced experimental measurement 
techniques in selected areas of physical sciences: condensed matter 
physics and materials science, hydrodynamics, plasma and high-energy-
density physics, fluid dynamics, and low-energy nuclear science.

ADDRESSES: The formal solicitation document, Stewardship Science 
Academic Alliances Program (DE-PS03-01SF22349), is available through 
the Industry Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) located at the 
following URL: http://e-center.doe.gov. IIPS provides the medium for 
disseminating solicitations, receiving financial assistance 
applications and evaluating applications in a paperless environment. 
Completed applications are required to be submitted via IIPS. 
Individuals who have the authority to enter their university or 
academic institution into a financial assistance award and intend to 
submit proposals/applications via the IIPS system must register and 
receive confirmation that they are registered prior to being able to 
submit an application on the IIPS system. An IIPS ``User Guide for 
Contractor'' can be obtained by going to the IIPS Homepage at the 
following URL: http://e-center.doe.gov and then clicking on the 
``Help'' button. Questions regarding the operation of IIPS may be e-
mailed to the IIPS Help Desk at center.doe.gov">IIPSHelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov or call 
the help desk at (800) 683-0751.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms Bertha Crisp, Contract Specialist, 
U.S. Department of Energy, Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, 
N-700, Oakland, CA 94612-5208; e-mail [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposals for Research Grants and Centers of 
Excellence are invited from universities or other academic institutions 
in the following specific areas of physical science: (1) Properties of 
materials under extreme conditions and hydrodynamics, (2) high-energy-
density physics and fluid dynamics, and (3) low-energy nuclear science. 
The Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program is an expansion of 
the currently funded ``Inertial Fusion Science in Support of Stockpile 
Stewardship'' Grant Program. The Office of Research, Development and 
Simulation anticipates supporting multiple awards in physical sciences 
totaling approximately $12.5M annually, subject to the availability of 
funds, as a result of this solicitation. Awards will be for one to 
three-year projects of work at a funding level appropriate for the 
proposed scopes. Funding of awards will range up to approximately 
$2,000,000 per year for Centers of Excellence and will range up to a 
few hundred thousand dollars per year for Research Grants. The 
solicitation document contains all the information relative to this 
action for prospective applicants. The North American Industry 
Classification System (NAICS) number for this program is 541.

    Issued in Oakland, CA, on December 3, 2001.
R. Arlene Coleman,
Acting Director, Financial Assistance Center, Oakland Operations 
Office.
[FR Doc. 01-30443 Filed 12-7-01; 8:45 am]
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