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In the November 22, 1996 Issue:

EPA/NSF Partnership for Environmental Research


EPA and NSF have announced they will once again sponsor a special awards competition. This is the third year of the joint grant program created to emphasize the support for fundamental, extramural environmental research. Academic and not-for-profit institutions, and state and local governments are eligible to apply to this program.

The three research areas targeted by the Announcement of Opportunity for FY97, and the anticipated funding for them, are:

The closing date for the competition is January 31, 1997. Applications must be submitted to EPA, with the awards resulting from this competition being made by either EPA or NSF. Additional information, including information on the FY95 and FY96 competitions, may be found on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa or by contacting SSTI at 614/421-SSTI.


1997 R&D 100 Award Applicants Sought


R&D Magazine has announced that entry forms are now available for the 1997 R&D 100 Awards. The award program was established in 1963 to recognize the 100 most technologically significant new products and processes of the year. Over the years, R&D Magazine has honored products such as the flashcube (1965), the automated teller machine (1973), the halogen lamp (1974), the fax machine (1975), the liquid crystal display (1980), the touch-sensitive screen and color graphics printer (1986), the Kodak Photo CD (1991), the Nicoderm antismoking patch (1992), and the Taxol anticancer drug (1993).

Winners of the 1996 competition were from 28 states and six foreign countries. Three DoE laboratories (Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge and Sandia) won six awards each. Among the university winners, Iowa State received three awards and MIT received two. Eleven non-profit organizations were recognized, including the Institute of Gas Technology, Battelle Memorial Institute and the Southwest Research Institute, with two awards each. The number of 1996 award winners by state are:

State Number of Awards
California 22
Tennessee 12
Ohio 11
New Jersey 9
Texas 9
Illinois 8
New Mexico 8
New York 7
Massachusetts 5
Wisconsin 5
Florida 4
Iowa 4
Michigan 4
Washington 4
Maryland 3
Oklahoma 3
Arizona 2
Connecticut 2
Minnesota 2
Pennsylvania 2
Utah 2
Virginia 2
Colorado 1
Delaware 1
Georgia 1
Indiana 1
North Carolina 1
South Carolina 1



Entry forms are available by fax at 847/390-2618 or on the Internet at www.rdmag.com. Entries for the 1997 competition are due March 1, 1997.


Position Available


The Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence (AME), a non-profit start-up organization, seeks an Executive Director to build and operate a successful manufacturing services organization. The Executive Director will guide AME in its mission of assisting smaller manufacturers to adopt more advanced manufacturing technologies and management techniques.

AME's head office will be located in the greater Seattle area with field staff located in offices throughout the state. Field services begin in the spring of 1997. At full operational levels--anticipated in the third year of operations-- the Director will command a budget of approximately $6 million and a staff of 18 field engineers in addition to technical specialists and management and administrative staff.

Requirements include a master's degree/or equivalent and ten years or more of management experience in a manufacturing environment.

For application instructions and additional materials please contact: Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence, c/o CTED, Attention: Ariona, P.O. Box 48300, Olympia, WA 98504-8300, (360) 586-0873 or e-mail: Ariona@cted.wa.gov

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