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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS SOL 98.1 DUE 011498 POC SBIR Support Services at 800-382-4634 WEB: Defense Supply Service -- Washington, http://www.hqda.army.mil/dsswweb. E-MAIL: dobeckkj@hqda.army.mil, bolarcy@hqda.army.mil. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM. Small high-technology firms are encouraged to submit proposals to DoD for R&D projects with both military and commercial applications in response to SBIR solicitation 98.1, which will open on October 1, 1997. Eight DoD components will participate in the 98.1 solicitation -- the Departments of the Navy and Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), the Defense Special Weapons Agency (DSWA), the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Joint Chemical Biological Defense (CBD), and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The solicitation will list all the research topics under which DoD is seeking proposals, and will also contain detailed information on the parameters of the SBIR program and how to submit a proposal. Small firms apply first for a six-month phase I award of $60,000 to $100,000 to test the scientific, technical, and commercial merit of a particular concept. Proposals are limited to 25 pages in length. If phase I proves successful, the firm may be invited to apply for a two-year phase II award of $500,000 to $750,000 to further develop the concept, usually to the prototype stage. Phase I proposals are to be submitted to the addressees designated in the solicitation, and must arrive no later than 2:00 P.M. local time, at the addressee's orgnization, on January 14, 1998. The solicitation will be mailed automatically to all firms registered with SBIR Support Services as of October 1, 1997. To register, call SBIR Support Services at 800-382-4634. Hard copies and/or electronic copies of the solicitation will also be available from SBIR Support Services (800-382-4634) after October 1. A copy of the 98.1 solicitation is now available on the DoD SBIR/STTR Home Page (http://www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/sbir), along with the names of the solicitation topic authors and their phone numbers. This early posting of the solicitation gives small companies anopportunity to ask technical questions about specific solicitation topics by telephone before the solicitation opens. Once the solicitation opens on October 1, telephone questions will no longer be accepted. Small firms participating in the SBIR program retain patent rights and technical data rights, in accord with Public Law 97-219, and Public Law 102-564. The DoD SBIR Program is restricted to small business firms organized for profit with 500 or fewer employees, including all affiliated firms. (0238)

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