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A -- SUPPORT OF ADVANCED FOSSIL RESOURCE UTILIZATION RESEARCH BY HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY INSTITUTIONS SOL DE-PS26-98FT40047 DUE 121997 POC John R. Columbia, Contract Specialist, (412) 892-6219; James W. Huemmrich, Contracting Officer, (412) 892-5984; fax (412) 892-6216 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the Federal Register Announcement, http://www.fetc.doe.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, columbia@fetc.doe.gov. NOTICE OF RESTRICTED ELIGIBILITY, Program Solicitation, Support of Advanced Fossil Resource Utilization Research by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) and Other Minority Institutions (OMIs). The U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(b)it intends to conduct a competitive solicitation and to award financial assistance grants on a restricted eligibility basis to a limited number of HBCU/OMI's who propose to conduct innovative research and development of advance concepts pertinent to fossil resource conversion and utilization. Eligibility for participation in this Program Solicitation is restricted to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Other Minority Institutions (OMI) recognized by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, and identified on the OCR's United States Department of Education U.S. Accredited Postsecondary Minority Institutions list in effect on the closing date of the program solicitation. Applications submitted by any institution not on OCR's aforementioned list are ineligible for technical evaluation and award. For information regarding the qualification criteria and process of becoming recognized by the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights as a "Minority Institution", institutions should contact the Education Department directly at the following address: Mr. Peter A. McCabe, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone (202) 205-9567. Note: The Education Department should only be contacted on matters related to Institutional status; questions regarding the Program Solicitation should be directed to Mr. Columbia at DOE by telefacsimilie on (412) 892-6216 or e-mail at columbia@fetc.doe.gov. Approximately $850,000 is planned for this solicitation. The total should provide support for approximately 4 to 8 R&D application selections (Topics 1-6) and 2 to 4 faculty/student exploratory application selections (Topic 7). The seven (7) technical topics addressed by the solicitation are: (1) Advanced Environmental Control Technology for Coal, (2) Advanced Coal Utilization, (3) Coal Liquefaction Technology, (4) Heavy Oil Upgrading and Processing, (5) Advanced Environmental and Recovery Technologies for Oil, (6) Natural Gas Supply, Storage, and Processing, and (7) Faculty/Student Exploratory Grants. Since the program is intended to stimulate cooperation between academia and industry, collaboration with private industry is encouraged for all technical topics except Topic No. 7, Faculty/Student Exploratory Grants. Collaboration may consist of: (1)cash cost sharing by the private industrial entity; or (2) no-cost collaboration wherein the private sector entity agrees to consult with the HBCU/OMI to share non-proprietary information which will assist in improving the experimental plan and/or assist in analyzing data obtained by the principal researcher, or to provide free use of industrial experimental facilities/equipment not available at the university; or (3) subcontracting by the HBCU/OMI to a private sector entity. Collaboration which encourages a cooperative/interactive effort between the HBCU/OMI and private industry is preferred. Program Solicitation DE-PS26-98FT40047 is expected to be released on or about November 7, 1997. The solicitation (created in Word Perfect 6.1 for Windows) will be issued on DOE's FETC WORLD Wide Web Server Internet System (http:www.fetc.doe.gov/business). If applicants do not have internet capability or experience difficulty accessing the solicitation files, a 3.5", double-sided/high density computer diskette copy of the solicitation will be available, upon receipt of a written request addressed to the attention of John R. Columbia and mailed to the address given herein. Requests may also be faxed to (412)892-6216; however, telephone requests will not be honored. (0300)

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