A -- SUPPORT OF ADVANCED FOSSIL RESOURCE UTILIZATION RESEARCH BY HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER MINORITY INSTITUTIONS

Notice Date

January 30, 2001

Contracting Office

DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-107, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940

ZIP Code

15236-0940

Solicitation Number

DE-PS26-01NT40950

Response Due

March 20, 2001

Point of Contact

Cynthia Y. Mitchell, Contract Specialist, (412)386-4862; William Mundorf, Contracting Officer, (412) 386-4483; fax (412)386-6137

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contract specialist via (mitchell@netl.doe.gov)

Description

NOTICE OF RESTRICTED ELIGIBIITY, Program Solicitation, support of Advanced Fossil Resource Utilization, Research by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) and Other Minority Institutions (OMIs). The U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory, announces that pursuant to 10 CFR 600.6(b) it intends to conduct a competitive solicitation and to award financial assistance grants on a restricted eligibility basis to a limited number of HBCU/OMI's who propose to conduct innovative research and development of advanced concepts pertinent to fossil resource conversion and utilization. Eligibility for participation in this Program Solicitation is restricted to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Other Minority Institutions (OMI) recognized by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, and identified on OCR's U.S. Department of Education U.S. Accredited Postsecondary Minority Institution list in effect on the closing date of the program solicitation. Applications submitted by any institution not on OCR's aforementioned list are ineligible for technical evaluation and award. For information regarding the qualification criteria and process of becoming recognized by the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights as a Minority Institution, institutions should contact the Education Department, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone (202) 205-9567. Note: The Education Department should only be contacted on matters related to Institutional status; questions regarding the Program Solicitation should be directed to Ms. Mitchell at DOE by fax at (412) 386-6137 or via e-mail at mitchell@netl.doe.gov. Approximately $900,000 is available for this solicitation. The total should provide support for appproximately 4 to 6 R&D application selections (Topics 1-8) and 4 to 8 faculty/student exploratory research training application selections (Topic 9). The nine topics addressed by the solicitation are: (1) Advanced Environmental Control Technologies for Coal, (2) Advanced Coal Utilization, (3) Clean Fuels Technology, (4) Heavy Oil Upgrading and Processing, (5) Advanced Recovery, Completion/Stimulation, and Geoscience Technologies for Oil, (6) Natural Gas Supply, Storage, and Processing (7) Infrastructure Reliability for Natural Gas, (8) Fuel Cells, and (9) Facility/Student Exploratory Research Training Grants. Since the program is intended to stimulate cooperation between academia and industry, collaboration with private industry is encouraged for all technical topics except Topic no. 9, Faculty/Student Exploratory Research Training Grants. Collaboration may consist of: (1) cash cost sharing by the private industrial enity; or (2) no-cost collaboration wherein the private sector entity agrees to consult with the HBCU/OMI to share non-proprietary information which will assist in improving the experimental plan and/or assist in analyzing data obtained by the principal researcher, or to provide free use of industrial experimental facilities/equipment not available at the university; or (3) subcontracting by the HBCU/OMI to a private sector enity. Collaboration which encourages a cooperative/interactive effort between the HBCU/OMI and private industry is preferred. Program Solicitation DE-PS26-01NT40950 is expected to be released on or before February 2, 2001. The solicitation (created in Word Perfect 6.1 for Windows) will be issued on DOE's FETC WORLD Wide Web Server Internet System (http:www.netl.doe.gov/busines/solicit). If applicants do not have internet capability, a 3.5" double sided/high density computer diskette copy of the solicitation will be available, upon receipt of a written request addressed to the attention of Cynthia Y. Mitchell and mailed to the address given herein. Request may also be faxed to (412) 386-6137; however, telephone request will not be honored.*****

Web Link

Click here to download a copy of the Program Solicitation (www.netl.doe.gov/business/)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010201/ASOL006.HTM (W-030 SN50C205)