NASA Procurement Office, John C. Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000

A -- VISITING INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM-AFFILIATE Sol SCC 02-96, due 032596, contact Frank Oerting, Contract Specialist, (601) 688-1638, Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, (601) 688-1640 or E-mail foerting@ssc.nasa.gov or via CRSP's World Web Home Page at the following URL http://crsp.ssc.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is interested in receiving proposals under an Announcement of Opportunity to establish university centers for Visiting Investigator Program-Affiliates. The centers, called VIP-Affiliates, extend the expertise and facilities offered by the Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP) Office at the John C. Stennis Space Center through the use of university capabilities. VIP-Affiliates will be modeled after the successful VIP-Affiliate pilot program at the University of South Carolina (USC). Two (2) universities will be selected under this solicitation for VIP-Affiliate status in order to respond to the increasing demand for introductory exposure to remote sensing technology and applications, and allow graduate students working at the VIP-Affiliate centers to be involved in real-world problems by working directly with the spatial information industry. The two new centers will be in addition to the continuing VIP-Affiliate program at USC. Participation in the VIP-Affiliate is open to all U.S. educational institutions. As all CRSP programs operate on a partnership arrangement, all proposals must involve in-kind contributions by the participating university. This solicitation is seeking the names, addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers of universities interested in being placed on a mailing list for receipt of an Announcement of Opportunity for VIP-Affiliate, to be distributed about February 23, 1996. Proposals must be received at John C. Stennis Space Center on or before March 25, 1996. (047)

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