TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

U.S. Department of Energy
Small Business Innovation Research Program and
Small Business Technology Transfer Program
FY 2004 Solicitations
Closing Date: January 6, 2004

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General Information and Guidelines
Technical Topics
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PDF file of Guidelines and Technical Topics

Important Features
Regarding the Solicitation

GENERAL INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

1. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Three-Phase Programs
1.3 Phase II Commercial Commitment and Phase III Follow-on Funding
1.4 Eligibility
1.5 Restrictions
1.6 Support from National Laboratories, Universities, and Other Research Institutions
1.7 Agreements with Research Institutions and Other Subcontractors
1.8 Contact with DOE

2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 Research or Research and Development
2.2 Innovation
2.3 Small Business
2.4 Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business
2.5 Woman-Owned Small Business
2.6 Subcontract
2.7 Hubzone
2.8 Joint Venture
2.9 Research Institution

3. PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS
3.1 General Requirements
3.2 25-Page Limitation
3.3 Phase I Grant Application Format

4. METHOD OF SELECTION AND EVALUATION CRITERIA
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Evaluation and Selection Criteria-Phase I
4.3 Evaluation Criteria-Phase II

5. CONSIDERATIONS
5.1 Awards
5.2 Reports and Payments
5.3 Research Involving Special Considerations
5.4 Intellectual Property Including Innovations, Inventions, and Patents
5.5 Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs
5.6 Grantee Commitments
5.7 Additional Information

6. SUBMISSION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS
6.1 Number of Copies
6.2 Deadline for Receipt of Grant Applications
6.3 Physical Packaging
6.4 Delivery

7. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION SOURCES
7.1 National Technical Information Service
7.2 DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information
7.3 Other Sources

TECHNICAL TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS

FUSION ENERGY SCIENCES

Program Area Overview

1. Fusion Science and Technology
2. Advanced Technologies and Materials for Future Fusion Energy Systems
3. Inertial Fusion Energy

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS

Program Area Overview

4. High-Field Superconductor and Superconducting Magnet Technologies for High Energy Particle Colliders
5. Advanced Concepts and Technology for High Energy Accelerators
6. Radio Frequency Accelerator Technology for High Energy Accelerators and Colliders
7. Technologies for the Next-Generation Electron-Positron Linear Collider
8. High Energy Physics Detectors
9. High Energy Physics Data Acquisition and Processing

ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING RESEARCH

Program Area Overview

10. High Performance Networks
11. Scalable Middleware and Grid Technologies
12. Technology for Software Libraries

NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Program Area Overview

13.Nuclear Physics Software and Data Management
14. Nuclear Physics Electronics Design and Fabrication
15. Nuclear Physics Accelerator Technology
16. Nuclear Physics Detectors, Instrumentation and Techniques

DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Program Area Overview

17. Technology to Support the Nuclear and Radiological National Security Program
18. Technology to Detect Nuclear Proliferation and Support Nuclear Nonproliferation Agreements
19. Research to Support Global Nuclear Explosion Monitoring

BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Program Area Overview

20. Atmospheric Measurement Technology
21. Carbon Cycle Measurements of the Atmosphere and the Biosphere
22. Biological Carbon Sequestration Research and Technology
23. Medical Sciences
24. Genomes to Life, and Related Biotechnologies
25. Measurement/Monitoring and Characterization Technologies for the Subsurface Environment

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Program Area Overview

26. Technologies to Facilitate Management of Buried Transuranic and Mixed Waste

NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Program Area Overview

27. Advanced Technologies for Nuclear Energy

BASIC ENERGY SCIENCES

Program Area Overview

28. Materials Research for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems
29. Advanced Fossil Fuels Research
30. Neutron and Electron Beam Instrumentation
31. Energy Storage Technologies for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
32. Innovative Research for the Hydrogen Economy
33. Nanotechnology Applications in Industrial Chemistry
34. Reactive Separations
35. Solid State Organic Light Emitting Diodes for General Lighting

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

Program Area Overview

36. New Technologies for General Illumination Applications
37. Energy Efficient Membranes
38. Materials for Industrial Energy Systems
39. New Energy Sources
40. Sensors and Controls
41. Innovative Waste Heat Recovery
FOSSIL ENERGY

Program Area Overview

42. Measurement and Technology for Gasification
43. Combustion Technologies and Water Resources
44. Materials for Advanced Power Systems
45. Greenhouse and Hydrogen Gas Research
46. Sequestration of Carbon
47. Natural Gas and Oil Technologies

FORMS

Cover Page (Appendix A)
Project Summary (Appendix B)
Budget Form (Appendix C)
Checklist (Appendix D)
Certification for Using a National Laboratory as a Subcontractor Form (SBIR only)

CERTIFICATIONS (to be used during negotiation, if selected for award)

Principal Investigator Certification
Assurance of Compliance
Lobbying, Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug Free Workplace Requirements

Submit "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities," Standard Form-LLL, only if payment or agreement to make payment has been made to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, and officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal action.

Click here to download Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, Standard Form-LLL. The Disclosure of Lobbying Activities form is in Excel 5.0 format. You can configure your browser to launch Excel, view and then save the file, or just save the file.

Property and Commercialization Rights Certification (STTR only)
DOE MODEL AGREEMENT FOR PROPERTY AND COMMERCIALIZATION RIGHTS

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