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In the October 17, 1997 Issue:
NIST ANNOUNCES 64 ATP AWARDS
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners of seven Advanced Technology Program (ATP) competitions conducted in 1997.If carried through to completion, the 64 projects will cost approximately $142 million in funding from private industry, matched by approximately $162 million in ATP funding. The awards announced are contingent on the signing of formal agreements between NIST and the project proposers.
Awards went to applications from the following states: California (15); Connecticut (3); Florida (2); Iowa (1); Illinois (3); Indiana (1); Maryland (4); Massachusetts (8); Michigan (7); New Hampshire (2); New Jersey (2); New York (1); North Carolina (1); Ohio (1); Oregon (1); Pennsylvania (2); Rhode Island (3); Texas (4); Virginia (2); and, Wisconsin (1).
The seven competitions included a general competition open to proposals from any area of technology and six competitions in ATP focused program areas. The latter included competitions in motor-vehicle manufacturing technology, information infrastructure for healthcare, digital data storage, technologies for the integration of manufacturing applications, component-based software and the newly established program in tissue engineering.
The majority of the awards, 48, went to small businesses either for single-company projects or as the lead company in an industry joint venture. More than 100 companies are involved in the 64 projects as formal participants, with many more participating as subcontractors.
Additional information on the 1997 ATP competition is available on the ATP home page at www.atp.nist.gov or by calling 301/975-2758.
EPA ACCEPTING POLLUTION PREVENTION GRANT APPLICATIONS
EPA is accepting proposals for the 1998 Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS) grant program to support the establishment and expansion of state and tribal programs that address the reduction or elimination of pollution across all environmental media: air, land, and water. Programs should reflect comprehensive and coordinated pollution prevention planning.To be eligible for funding, a proposal must address the following three criteria:
- EPA seeks to leverage the expertise of the various environmental assistance organizations to work jointly with business assistance organizations in an effort to provide seamless assistance to industry. To this end, applicants must provide documentation showing they have entered into a partnership agreement with at least one environmental and/or business assistance provider in their state;
- Describe how the activities proposed in the grant will support the state's Performance Partnership Agreements (PPA), and Performance Partnership Grants (PPG) under the National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPP), or where the state is not participating in the PPA-PPG process, show how the proposal complements the goals and objectives laid out in the state's strategic planning documents; and,
- Describe the outreach and communication strategies that will be undertaken to ensure that the state's regulatory and environmental programs are made aware of the pollution prevention activities in their state, and how those activities are addressing multimedia environmental management problems.
Approximately $5 million is available for the PPIS program in 1998. States, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, state supported universities, and Native American tribes are eligible to apply. The matching requirement of the grant is a 1:1 ratio for allowable costs. The program is administered through the EPA Regional Offices which are responsible for the solicitation and screening of proposals and selection of awards.
Interested applicants should contact their Regional Pollution Prevention Coordinator at the U.S. EPA Regional Offices for more information. A list of the Coordinators and a copy of the Federal Register notice can be obtained by contacting SSTI at 614/421-SSTI (7784).
NASA ANNOUNCES 1996 STTR PHASE II SELECTIONS
NASA's Office of Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology announced the selection of 13 research proposals for Phase II contracts in NASA's 1996 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Pilot Program.Thirty-two Phase II proposals were submitted by contractors completing Phase I projects. Selections were based on the following factors: scientific and technical merit, including the degree to which Phase I objectives were met; future importance and eventual value of the product, process, or technology results to the NASA mission; capability of the small business concern and evidence of commercial potential.
The STTR program requires small businesses to conduct cooperative R&D by partnering with a research institution.
The small businesses receiving STTR awards come from the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, California (4), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), New York and Utah
The research partners come from:
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado (2), Illinois (2) Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee (2) and Utah
A full listing of the selected proposals is available on the Internet at http://sbir.nasa.gov
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