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
mLink=/htdoc/fed/onr/any/any/anno/any/anno_001.htm
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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