NASA SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) 97-1 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT STTR is a three-year, three-phase pilot program for converting technology from research insitutions (universities, non-profit organizations, federally funded research and development centers, etc.) into the private marketplace through the enterpreneurship of a small business. The NASA STTR 1997-1 Technology Research topics, relevant NASA Strategic Enterprise, and managing field center(s) are as follows: 1. Research Topic: Earth Remote Sensing, Strategic Enterprise: Mission to Planet Earth, NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center; 2. Research Topic: Advanced Technologies for Space Science, Strategic Enterprise: Space Science, NASA Center: Goddard Space Flight Center; 3) Research Topic: Human Exploration & Development of Space, Strategic Enterprise: Human Exploration & Development of Space, NASA Center: Johnson Space Center; 4. Research Topic: General Aviation, Strategic Enterprise: Aeronautics. NASA Centers: Langley Research Center, Lewis Research Center, and Ames Research Center. 5. Research Topic: Advanced Space Transportation, Strategic Enterprise: Aeronautics, NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center; 6. Research Topic: Non-Destructive Evaluation of Material Properties and Structural Integrity, Strategic Enterprise: Crosscutting Technologies, NASA Center: Langley Research Center, Lewis Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Center. The 1997 NASA STTR Pilot Program Solicitation will be made available "electronically" by means of the World Wide Web (WWW), Internet FTP and the NASA SBIR/STTR bulletin board system (BBS). Paper copies of the solicitation will not be distributed. Instructions for electronic access to the solicitation are as described below: Via the Internet (WWW): The STTR solicitation, and other program information, is accessible on the NASA SBIR/STTR home page which can be reached at: http://nctn.hq.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html. Via the NASA SBIR/STTR Bulletin Board System (BBS): Access to the BBS is available by dialing 301-918-8177. BBS specifications are: Baud: 2400-9600, Parity: none, Data Bits: 8; Stop Bits: 1. Diskettes: Those requesting the solicitation are strongly urged to download it from one of the electronic services listed above. However, if that is not possible, a disketted containing the solicitation may be requested by U.S. Mail from the NASA SBIR Support Office, Allied Technology Group, 4200 Forbes Blvd., Suite 106, Lanham, MD 20706, or via Fax at (301) 918-8154. The request must include the name and full address of the requester, and specify either a PC or Macintosh format. Questions regarding electronic access or other administrative matters should be referred to (301) 918-8150.

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