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DIARY: April 4, 1999 09:49 AM Sunday; Rod Welch

Began review of NSF grant proposal requirements.

1...Summary/Objective
......................NSF Creation and Mission


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Requirements
Program Description, Chapter 1
Mission, NSF

0605 -    ..
0606 - Summary/Objective
0607 -
060701 - Follow up ref SDS 58 0000, ref SDS 57 0000.
060702 -
060703 -    [On 990404 received letter from Roy, ref SDS 58 1270]
060704 -
060705 -    [On 990407 downloaded and linked NSF requirements. ref SDS 59]
060706 -
060707 -
060708 -  ..
0608 -
0609 -
0610 - Progress
0611 -
061101 - Logged onto NSF web site...
061102 -
061103 -
061104 -                     http://www.nsf.gov
061105 -
061106 - ...there is a page explaining...
061107 -
061108 -
061109 -                      NSF Creation and Mission
061110 -
061111 -
061112 -               http://www.nsf.gov/home/about/creation.htm
061113 -
061114 -
061115 - NSF is created by an act of congress in 1950. ref OF 7 0001
061116 -
061117 -     The agency has 24 part time board members, a Director and Deputy
061118 -     Director, all appointed by the President with consent of the
061119 -     Senate. ref OF 7 1102
061120 -
061121 -     Mission is to promote the progress of science; to advance the
061122 -     national health, prosperity, and  welfare; and to secure the
061123 -     national defense. ref OF 7 2193
061124 -
061125 - Authorized activities that seem most related to this proposal...
061126 -
061127 -     A.  Initiate and support, through grants and contracts, scientific
061128 -         and engineering research and programs to strengthen scientific
061129 -         and engineering research potential, and education programs at
061130 -         all levels, and appraise the impact of research upon
061131 -         industrial development and the general welfare. ref OF 7 1512
061132 -
061133 -     D.  Foster and support the development and use of computers and
061134 -         other scientific methods and technologies, primarily for
061135 -         research and education in the sciences. ref OF 7 3660
061136 -
061137 -     E.  Evaluate the status and needs of the various sciences and
061138 -         engineering and take into consideration the results of this
061139 -         evaluation in correlating its research and educational
061140 -         programs with other Federal and non-Federal programs.
061141 -         ref OF 7 4556
061142 -
061143 -
061144 - Proposal procedures are at...
061145 -
061146 -
061147 -                http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/index.htm
061148 -
061149 -
061150 - There is a short index with a "Forms" section.
061151 -
061152 - It says....
061153 -
061154 -       TEMPORARY NOTICE:
061155 -
061156 -       Downloadable HTML based forms for the FY 1999, NSF SBIR and STTR
061157 -       submissions will be available before the start of the National
061158 -       SBIR Conference in Washington, DC on 9 April, 1999. These forms
061159 -       will appear on this web site, at this address -- bookmark it and
061160 -       come back at that time to get them. This should not hamper your
061161 -       technical proposal development and the small delay will allow
061162 -       NSF to improve and prepare forms with which it will be easier
061163 -       for you to work and submit electronically via the Internet
061164 -       (required this year).
061165 -
061166 - So there is a National SBIR Conference in Washington, DC on 990409.
061167 -
061168 - Forms for making an NSF proposal can be downloaded prior to 990409.
061169 -
061170 - Today is prior to 990409, and the forms are not available.
061171 -
061172 - Proposals are required to be submitted electronically this year.
061173 -
061174 - I downloaded Chapter 1 of the SBIR/STTR guide for 99, cited in Roy's
061175 - letter, ref DRP 7 2610, received on 990314. ref SDS 54 5813
061176 -
061177 -                http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf9957/Chapt-1.htm
061178 -
061179 -                http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf9957/Chapt-8.htm#IT
061180 -
061181 - ...to see where both our efforts, singly and jointly, would apply.
061182 -
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0612 -