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A -- DOD BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT - INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND MINORITY INSTITUTIONS, FY 95 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM Sol. DAAH04-95-R-BAA2. Due 060195. Contact Point, Ms. Jenny Haire, 919/549-4267, Contracting Officer, Ms Janet Lockhart, 919/549-4267. The Army Research Office announces availability of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the FY95 Department of Defense Infrastructure Support Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI). The BAA describes a new program based on supplemental funding received by the Department for FY95. Proposals are solicited to establish centers of excellence for science, mathematics, and/or engineering education. A center may be at a single site or at multiple sites in a consortium of HBCUs and MIs under a single management structure. Eligibility to receive a grant under this program as the lead HBCU or MI is restricted to those institutions which do not offer advanced degrees (e.g., Master's or Doctorate) in science, mathematics, and/or engineering. Approximately $7.8 million will be awarded competitively through grants ranging from $2 million to $7.8 million for periods of up to five years each. One to three awards are planned. Future funds are not anticipated for extensions or expansions of these grants. The BAA solicitaion contains additional information on the program and instructions for proposal preparatin and submission. Proposals must be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, June 1, 1995. To receive a copy of the BAA, send written requests to: U.S. Army Research Office, ATTN: AMXRO-RT (HBCU/MI 95), 4300 S. Miami Blvd., P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211, or by FAX to 919-549-4248. The BAA may also be downloaded from the Federal Information Exchange, an on-line information system accessible via computer and modem, by calling the FEDIX computer at 301-258-0953 or 800-783-3349. There is no charge to the user for accessing the information. The FEDIX helpline is 301-975-0103. Also, FEDIX is accessible via Internet at the following address: ``fedix.fie.com''; at login, type ``fedix''. World Wide Web (WWW) users can access the system by using the following address: HTPP:web.fie.com. Users accessing this information should continue to monitor the FEDIX system until the closing date of this Broad Agency Announcement in order to obtain any modifications thereto which may be issued. (065)

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