A -- SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAMS ANNUAL SOLICITATION

Notice Date

September 18, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department Of Energy, Document Control Specialist, Washington, DC 20585

ZIP Code

20585

Solicitation Number

DOE SC/0039

Response Due

January 15, 2002

Point of Contact

Julie Scott, Program Specialist, 301-903-0569

Description

The Department of Energy invites small businesses (500 employees or less) to submit grant applications in response to its annual SBIR and STTR programs. The combined solicitation will be issued on October 15, 2001. The solicitation will be available on the World Wide Web at http://sbir.er.doe.gov/sbir. Those without Web access should either write to the SBIR/STTR Program, SC-32, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874-1290, telephone (301) 903-1414, or e-mail sbir-sttr@science.doe.gov. For both SBIR and STTR, grant applications will be sought in a variety of technical areas including the following: 1) Measurement and Technology for Gasifiers, 2) Sensors and Controls for Advanced Power Systems, 3) Materials Research for Fossil Energy Applications, 4) Oil and Gas Technologies, 5) Advanced Fossil Fuels Research, 6) Catalysts for Petroleum Refining and Chemical Synthesis, 7) Bioproducts and Bioenergy Research, 8) Ion Beam Applications for Materials Integration by Layer Transfer, 9) Neutron and Electron Beam Instrumentation, 10) Metal Forming, 11) Novel Approaches to Thin-Film Solar Cells -- Fabrication, Processing, and Characterization, 12) Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, 13) Solid State Light Emitting Diodes for General Lighting, 14) Applications of New Technologies for General Illumination Purposes, 15) Integrated Systems for Energy-Efficient Space Conditioning, 16) Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technology, 17) Improved Fuel Quality for Biodiesel and Related Applications, 18) Improved Blades, Towers, and Power Electronics Technology for Wind Turbines, 19) Advanced Measurement and Control in Industry, 20) Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators, 21) Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders, 22) High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders, 23) Technologies for the Next-Generation Electron-Positron Linear Collider, 24) High Energy Physics Detectors, 25) High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing, 26) High Performance Networks, 27) High Performance Systems Software, 28) Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management, 29) Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology, 30) Nuclear Physics Detectors, Instrumentation and Techniques, 31) Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication, 32) Fusion Science and Technology, 33) Heat Removal in Fusion Systems, 34) Inertial Fusion Energy, 35) Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy, 36) Sensor Technology for Detecting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, 37) Support Technologies for Sensors Used in National Security Applications, 38) Medical Sciences, 39) Genome, Structural Biology, and Related Biotechnologies, 40) Atmospheric Measurement Technology, 41) Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere, 42) Biological Carbon Sequestration Research and Technology, 43) Environmental Monitoring Technologies for Soils, Subsurface Sediments, and Groundwater, 44) Technologies for Advanced Telerobotics and Telepresence for Environmental Management Applications, 45) Technologies for Remediation and Decontamination for Environmental Management Applications. Successful applicants (approximately 200 for SBIR and 15 for STTR) may receive up to $100,000 for a Phase I grant for a period of about six months for SBIR (nine months for STTR) to develop the feasibility of the idea. Phase I awardees can apply for Phase II funding up to $750,000 for SBIR ($500,000 for STTR) for those ideas with the highest potential to meet program objectives. The closing date for this solicitation is January 15, 2002. Questions regarding this program solicitation should be addressed to the SBIR/STTR office. See Note(s) *****

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010920/ASOL009.HTM (W-261 SN50X9J3)