Re: MURI Program Lou Pellegrino 23 Jan 1996 22:02 EST

Robyn:

I did a quick search for MURI on FEDIX this evening and came up with
the summary document below which I hope will be helpful.

Additional information can be obtained, if you point a WWW browser
like Netscape or Mosaic to the following URL:

http://web.fie.com/htbin/wfSearch?State=/wrk/82245227008795&Mode=Item&Item=1&Ite
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Lou Pellegrino, Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
Purdue Research Foundation

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Multidisciplinary Research Program of the URI

Agency:    ONR
Deadline:  03/20/96
Reference: Commerce Business Daily, 10/24/95

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DESCRIPTION:

MULTIDISCIPLINARY  RESEARCH  PROGRAM  OF THE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH POC
Point  of  Contact:  W. Lukens, ONR OOST, (703) 696-4668. The
Department of Defense  announces  the  FY  1996  competition  for
the  Multidisciplinary Research  Program, one element of the
University Research Initiative (URI). The  Multidisciplinary Research
Program of the URI (MURI) supports research teams  whose  efforts
intersect  more  than  one  traditional  science and engineering
discipline.  Multidisciplinary  team  effort  can  accelerate
research  progress  in  areas particularly suited to this approach
and also can  help  to  hasten  the  transition  of  research
findings to practical application. The DoD expects that MURI programs
will promote application of defense  research,  primarily  for
defense purposes but also for commercial purposes.  Proposals  may
be submitted only by U.S. institutions of higher education  (other
than federal government) with degree-granting programs in science
and/or  engineering,  or  by  consortia  led  by such institutions
(''universities'').  This MURI competition is specifically for the
nineteen research  topics  listed  as  follows: (1) Advanced Active
Control of Rotor Craft  Vibration  and  Aeroacoustics, (2) Damage
Tolerant Lightweight Armor Materials,  (3)  Low  Energy  Electronics
Design for Mobile Platforms, (4) Photonic  Band Engineering, (5)
Integrated Approach to Intelligent Systems, (6)   Compliant
Substrates,  (7)  Acoustic  Transduction,  (8)  Authoring Intelligent
Training Systems with Speech Interaction Capability, (9) Remote
Sensing  and  Prediction of the Coastal Marine Boundary Layer, (10)
Layered Manufacturing,  (11)  Nonlinear  Active  Control of Dynamical
Systems, (12) Advanced Magnetic Materials for Power Applications,
(13) High-Cycle Fatigue and  the  Time-Dependent  Behavior of
Materials, (14) Alignment and Packing Behavior  of  Liquid  Crystals
and  Liquid  Crystalline Polymers and their Effects   on   Optical
and   Mechanical   Properties,  (15)  Mathematical Infrastructure
for  Robust  Virtual  Engineering,  (16)  Ultra Lightweight Metals,
(17) Thin Film Magnetic Materials and Devices, (18) Nondestructive
Evaluation,  and  (19)  3-D Visualization. The awards will be made
in these nineteen  specific  research  topics  by five sponsoring
agencies: the Army Research  Office,  the  Office  of  Naval
Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific   Research  the
Advanced  Research  Projects  Agency,  and  the Ballistic  Missile
Defense  Organization.  This notice constitutes a Broad Agency
Announcement  as contemplated in FAR 6:102(d)2. The agencies expect
that  typically  each  award will be: (1) for a basic period of
three years (funded  incrementally or as options) with two additional
years possible as options  to bring the total award to a possible
five-year award, subject to the  availability  of  appropriations,
and (2) generally in the range of $1 million  to $2 million per year,
with the size of each award dependent upon the  topic and agency's
technical goals. Through this MURI competition, the Department  of
Defense  expects  to  award  $30 million per year over five years,
subject  to the availability of appropriations. White papers should
be  no  longer  than  five  typed  pages  and  should outline: (1)
proposed objectives  and  approach,  (2)  expected  outcomes, (3)
credentials of key project  members,  and (4) costs, in summary and
broken down by year. White papers must be received by the appropriate
agencies by 4:00 p.m. local time on  Friday,  15  December 1995.
Invitations for follow-up proposals will be communicated  directly
to  the  proposed  Principal Investigators by about Wednesday,  17
January  1996.  Institutionally approved, signed, completed proposals
 must  be received by 4:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, 20 March
1996. This is to notify potential proposers that each grant that is
awarded under  this  announcement  or  solicitation  to  an
institution  of higher education  will  include the following clause:
''As a condition for receipt of funds available to the Department of
Defense (DoD) under this award, the recipient  agrees  that  it  is
not  an  institution  that has a policy of denying,  and  that it is
not an institution that effectively prevents, the Secretary  of
Defense from obtaining for military recruiting purposes: (A) entry
to  campuses  or  access  to  students on campuses, or (B) access to
directory   information   pertaining  to  students.  If  the
recipient  is determined,  using  procedures  established  by the
Secretary of Defense to implement  section  558  of  Public  Law
103-337  (1994),  to  be  such an institution  during  the  period
of  performance  or  this  agreement, and therefore  to  be  in
breech of this clause, the government will cease all payment  of  DoD
 funds  under  this agreement and all other DoD grants and
cooperative  agreements,  and  it  may suspend or terminate such
grants and agreements  unilaterally  for material failure to comply
with the terms and conditions  of  award.  If  your  institution has
been identified under the procedures  established  by  the  Secretary
of Defense to implement section 558,  then:  (1)  no  funds
available  to  DoD  may  be  provided  to your institution  through
any  grant,  including  any  existing grant, (2) as a matter  of
policy,  this  restriction  also  applies  to  any  cooperative
agreement,  and  (3) your institution is not eligible to receive a
grant or cooperative  agreement  in  response  to  this
solicitation.''  A brochure describes  the  research  interests on
which the nineteen topics are based, the  technical  points of
contact, as well as conditions involving industry participation,
consortia,  and  collaborations. It also describes proposal
preparation,  evaluation  criteria,  and  deadlines.  Brochures
have been distributed  to  sponsored  programs offices nationwide.
Alternatively, the brochure  may be accessed through the Federal
Information Exchange (FEDIX). Access  FEDIX  through  computer and
modem at 800-783-3349 or 301-258-0953, through  Internet  (Telnet  or
 FTP at ''fedix.fie.com'' and at log-in type ''fedix'',  Gopher  at
''gopher.fie.com'' and at log-in type ''fedix'', or World  Wide  Web
at  ''htpp://web.fie.com/'').  The  FEDIX  help  line  is
301-975-0103.  The  brochure  may  be found in the Procurements and
Special Notices  section  from  the  ONR menu. Lastly, brochures may
be obtained by sending  a  self-addressed  mailing label to Office of
Naval Research, Code 353 (MURI ''96), 800 North Quincy Street,
Arlington, VA, 22217-5660. Expect mailings to take 2-3 weeks. (0293)
SPONSOR:  Office  of  Naval  Research,  800 North Quincy St.,
Arlington, VA 22217-5660 PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 24, 1995

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