1996 Digest Headlines

Below is a list of all SSTI Weekly Digest issues published in 1996.

December 20, 1996
* ATP Competition Opens
* Edison Centers Have $1.2 Billion Economic Impact
* Young Scientists Honored

December 13, 1996
* Environmental Management Projects Sought
* NSF to Change Review Criteria
* Committee Approves of NSF Cooperative Research Centers
* Walker Receives NASA Award

December 6, 1996
* Bioremediation Projects Sought
* Report Released on Federal Role in Economic Development
* U.S. Competitiveness Increased in Last Decade
* Funding Continued for Oklahoma Program

November 22, 1996
* EPA/NSF Partnership for Environmental Research
* 1997 R&D 100 Award Applicants Sought
* Position Available

November 15, 1996
* NASA STTR Phase II Winners Announced
* EPA Expects to Fund 25 New Brownfield Pilots
* CENR Issues Position Available

November 8, 1996
* SBA Develops ACE-NET
* Incumbent Governors Re-elected
* Open SBIR Solicitations
* Democrats Make Slight Gain in State Legislature

November 1, 1996
* MEP & EPA Fund Environmental Assistance Networks
* ATP Application Rate Holds Steady
* Nominees for Small Business Person

October 25, 1996
* NGA & DOC's Technology Administration Sign MOU
* 11 Governor's Seats Up for Election
* SSTI to Study How Tech Investments Can Benefit Distressed Areas

October 18, 1996
* FY96 Earmarks for University Research
* Awards Announced
* Texas Creates S&T Council

October 11, 1996
* FY97 Federal Budget Signed
* NSF Selects 13 Materials Centers
* Personnel News & Positions Available

October 4, 1996
* NASA Selects SBIR Phase II Awards
* EPA Solicits Proposals for Excellence and Leadership Project
* Awards Announced-Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring

September 27, 1996
* Department of Commerce Awards New Information Superhighway Grants
* NSF Names New Assistant Director for Engineering
* House Passes Space Commercialization Act

September 20, 1996
* FY97 NICE³ Solicitation Released
* DOC Releases Compendium of Foreign S&T Info Sources
* NSTC Releases Technology In National Interest

September 13, 1996
* NSF STCs Reviewed
* Space Commercialization Act Introduced

September 6, 1996
* MEP Program Expands to All 50 States
* CATI Wins Morrill Award

August 30, 1996
* August Budget Update
* DOE Releases Laboratory Plan
* Federal R&D Programs Report Now On-Line
* MEP Center Position Available

August 23, 1996
* Rhode Island Announces State's First Centers of Excellence
* NIST Announces Funding for MEPs
* Seventeen Firms Receive NICE³ Grants

August 16, 1996
* Delaware Selects Three Centers
* Ohio & NASA Open New Incubator
* Position Available

August 9, 1996
* NIJ Seeks Technology Proposals
* Three Nominated to the National Science Board
* NIST Position Available

August 2, 1996
* Agreement on SBIR Funding at NIH
* Five Nominated to the National Science Board
* California Manufacturing Tech Center Seeks Applicants
* Company R&D Funding Rises as Federal Support Declines

July 26, 1996
* House Passes Commerce Appropriation Bill
* Federal Centers Compensation Study
* S&E Indicators Available
* Position Available at NASA (USC)

July 12, 1996
* Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants Available
* Sustainable Development Funding Available
* ATP Public Meeting: Tools for DNA Diagnostics

June 28, 1996 — unavailable
* Three States Receive STEP grants
* Partnering Report Released
* NIST and EPA Offer Joint Environmental Solicitation

June 21, 1996
* Update on the FY97 Budget
* NIJ Seeks Proposals for R&D Projects
* GAO Uncertain About Impact of R&D Tax Credit

June 14, 1996
* 1996 World Competitiveness Yearbook  Released:  U.S. Ranks First
* Three Cities Receive NSF Urban System Initiative Awards
* 13 Receive National Medal of Science & National Medal of Technology
* SBA Announces Winners

June 7, 1996 — unavailable
* ATP Announces New Competition
* First Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Grants Awarded
* New York State MEP Evaluation Released

May 31, 1996 — unavailable
* NSF Selects New Engineering Research Centers
* Manufacturing Extension, ATP Reports Available
* California Leads List of 1995 Patent Recipients

May 24, 1996 — unavailable
* STCS, ATP Sign Memorandum of Understanding
* Universities Invited to Participate in Program for Wind Energy Research
* NASA Creates SBIR Mall

May 17 — unavailable
* NICE³ FY97 Solicitation Announced
* Free Japanese Translation Available
* Nevada S&T Information Now on World Wide Web
* 1996 NASA STTR Phase I Selections Announced

May 10, 1996
* NIST Seeks Proposals for New Manufacturing Extension Centers
* ERCs to Focus on Environmental Issues in Semiconductor Manufacturing
* Position Available at Florida MEP

May 3, 1996 — unavailable
* NASA to Establish National Space Biomedical Research Institute
* NASA & Florida to Create New Incubator

April 26, 1996
* SSTI on the Web
* MEP Eases Access to Services
* Seed Venture Capital Position Available

April 19, 1996 — unavailable
* AAAS Releases Its FY97 R&D Budget Analysis
* NSF Panel to Study STCs

April 12, 1996 — unavailable
* SBIR Funding to Reach $1.1 Billion
* NMFS Announces Fisheries R&D Program
* NREL Launches STEP II

April 5, 1996 — unavailable
*NSF Selects Three S/IUCRCS
*Presidential Awards for Mentoring

March 29, 1996 — unavailable
* New Technology Transfer Act Signed
* West Virginia to Establish Science & Tech Board
* Illinois' New Web Site Links to Mfr Directory

March 15, 1996 — unavailable
* GAO Report on STTR Program Released
FY Federal Budget Impasse Continues

March 8, 1996 — unavailable
* Grants for Information Infrastructure Available
* Colleges & Universities Spend $21 Billion on R&D

March 1, 1996 — unavailable
* ATP Reviews Released
* NIST Funds Manufacturer Financing Pilots
* $128 Million to Magnet Lab

January - February — No issues published

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