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A -- SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM SOLICITATION SOL DOE ER/0653 DUE 111395 POC Mrs. Kay Etzler, Admin. Coordinator, (301) 903-5867 The Department of Energy invites small businesses (500 employees or less) to submit grant applications in response to its fourteenth annual SBIR program solicitation to be issued on November 13, 1995. A copy of the solicitation may be obtained by writing to the SBIR Program Manager, ER-33, U. S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874, or by telephoning (301)903-5707. The program solicitation is for the following technical topics: (1) Advanced Fossil Fuels Research, (2) Natural Gas Utilization, (3) Advanced Oil and Gas Technology, (4) Advanced Coal-Based Power Systems, (5) Novel and Improved Materials and Sensors for the Glass Industry, (6) Photovoltaic Module Manufacturing Processes and System Components Research and Development, (7) Motors, Switches, and Sensors for Hybird Electric Vehicle Technology, (8) Fuel Cells for Building Applications, (9) High Temperature Superconductivity for Energy Applications, (10) Characterization, Monitoring, and Sensor Technologies for Radioactive and Hazardous Waste, (11) Chemical Separation Processes for Waste Treatment, (12) Waste Management Technologies for Mixed Low Level Waste, (13) Advanced Sensors for Nonproliferation and National Security, (14) Advanced Physical Security Techniques for Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities, (15) Transmission, Processing, and Analysis of Data Collected for Nonproliferation Applications, (16) Advanced Lighting Technology for Improved Efficiency and Performance, (17) Research and Development on High Performance Computing and Information Infrastructure, (18) Intelligent Systems for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Manufacturing, and Energy Uses, (19) Mechanical Miniaturization and Nanoscale Electronics for Energy Applications, (20) Genome and DNA-Related Technologies, (21) Advanced Environmental Monitoring Technology, (22) Atmospheric Measurement and Sampling Technologies, (23) Medical Applications, (24) Processing of Thin Film Photvoltaic Materials and Devices, (25) Advanced Instrumentation to Exploit Neutron and Photon Sources, (26) Biofuels Development, (27) Hard Rock Drilling Technologies, (28) High-Power Energy Storage Devices for Transportation Aplications, (29) Plasma Confinement Systems Technology, (30) Fusion Energy Systems, (31) Plasma Diagnostics, (32) Technology and Instrumentation for Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerators, (33) High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing, (34) High Energy Physics Detectors, (35) Technology and Instrumentation for High Energy Accelerators, (36) Nuclear Physics Instrumentation and Techniques, (37) Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology, (38) Occupational Exposure History Expert Systems, (39) Educational Instructional Modules, (40) Technology for Space Nuclear Propulsion and Power, and (41) Testing, Inspection, and Characterization of Materials and Components in Commercial Light Water Reactors. Successful applicants (aproximately 200) may receive up to $75,000 for a grant period of about six months to develop the feasibility of the idea, with up to $750,000 available in a second phase for those ideas with the hightest potential to meet the SBIR program objectives. The closing date for this solicitation is February 13, 1996. Questions regarding this program solicitation or requests for copies should be addressed to the Program Manager at the above address, or telephone (301) 903-5707. (0296)

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