SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DESPCoR)
- Notice Date
- 9/6/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
- ZIP Code
- 27709-2211
- Solicitation Number
- W911NF-07-R-0011
- Response Due
- 10/26/2007
- Archive Date
- 12/25/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). The program is executed under the policy guidance of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of De fense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences [ODUSD (LABS)] and administered through the Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) with the cooperation of the Experimental Program to Stimul ate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) State Committees. The program statute for DEPSCoR (section 257 of Public Law 103-337, as amended) states that DEPSCoR's objectives are to: (1) enhance the capabilities of institutions of higher education (universities) in eligible States to develop, plan, and execute science and engineering research that is competitive under the peer- review systems used for awarding Federal research assistance; and (2) increase the probability of long-term growth in the competitively awar ded financial assistance that universities in eligible States receive from the Federal Government for science and engineering research. The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) provides agency websites which identify specific research areas of interest for the ARO, ONR, and AFOSR. Only universities in EPSCoR States and Territories with degree granting programs in science, mathematics, and/or engineering are eligible to submit proposals under this BAA. Proposals must first be reviewed and approved by the respe ctive EPSCoR State Committee. The BAA contains additional eligibility information and instructions for proposal preparation and submission. Proposals must be submitted through the Grants.gov electronic submission system or in hard copy. Proposals must b e received by 4:00 PM Eastern Time on October 26, 2007.
- Record
- SN01397350-W 20070908/070906221800 (fbodaily.com)
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