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Focused Program Competition 97-06
Component-Based Software
REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS
AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
The NIST Advanced
Technology Program (ATP) is soliciting proposals under its focused program
competition, 97-06, Component-Based Software (CBS), and announces a public
meeting (Proposers' Conference) for all interested parties. This notice
provides general information for this focused program competition 97-06.
An estimated $15
million in first-year ATP funding is available under this focused program
competition. The ATP reserves the right to utilize for this competition
more or less funding than the amount stated above. The actual number of
proposals funded will depend on the quality of the proposals received
and the amount of funding requested in the highest ranked proposals. Outyear
funding is contingent on the approval of future Congressional appropriations
and satisfactory project performance.
This is the third
of three competitions planned for this ATP focused program. There are
related focused program competitions in information technologies. ATP
reserves the right to transfer a full proposal received under one focused
program competition to another focused program competition underway in
the same general time frame if the subject matter of the proposal is deemed
to be more appropriately aligned with the scope of the other focused program
competition. Proposers will be notified if and when a proposal is transferred.
Award recipients
will be required to share non-proprietary information at workshops to
be held throughout the duration of the project. The ATP operates under
program procedures published at Part 295, Title 15, of the Code of Federal
Regulations. The ATP Proposal Preparation Kit dated November 1996 (containing
proposal cover sheets, other required forms, background material, and
instructions for submission of proposals) and the 97-06 focused
program booklet (containing a paper describing the scope of this focused
program) may be requested by phone: 1-800-ATP-FUND; fax: 301-926-9524
or 301-590-3053; e-mail: atp@nist.gov;
or letter at the address shown below. Note that those individuals whose
names are currently on the ATP mailing list should have already received
the new November 1996 version of the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit. The
97-06 focused program booklet is available on
our World Wide Web site (http://www.atp.nist.gov)
and printed copies are available upon request from ATP.
Abbreviated
proposals (pre-proposals) are allowed but are optional for this focused
program competition 97-06. Pre-proposals provide an opportunity
for intermediate feedback as to whether the proposer is on track in gathering
and articulating some of the key information required for a successful
project proposal. Responses to pre-proposals will have no effect on the
review of full proposals. Pre-proposals under this focused program competition
must follow the instructions included in the 97-06 focused program booklet.
Pre-proposals are due no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on
Friday, April 18, 1997, at the address shown below. ATP will
generally provide written feedback within two weeks of receipt. No other
form of debriefing will be provided. Proposers should submit their pre-proposals
early to take advantage of this rapid response and to maximize the time
available to react to the feedback during the full proposal preparation
period. Pre-proposals or full proposals submitted by facsimile or electronic
mail WILL NOT be accepted. If a proposer's proposal is judged to be of
high enough quality to be invited in for an oral review, ATP reserves
the right to submit a list of questions to the proposer that must be addressed
at the oral review.
The due date
for submission of full proposals is 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday,
May 28, 1997. Should the NIST facility be closed on the specified
due date, ATP proposals will be due at 3 p.m. Eastern time on the next
business day that the NIST facility is open. Proposals received after
this deadline WILL NOT be considered. Send proposals to:
The goal of the Component-Based
Software focused program is to promote U.S. economic growth by supporting
sustained, high-risk research and development, which will accelerate the
development of a commerce in software components. The result of this focused
program is expected to be widely available tools and infrastructure supporting
sustained electronic commerce in semantic-based software components for
large, complex systems. Projects should focus on supplying broadly enabling
technology which overcome barriers to enhanced software development productivity
such as technology for automatic semantic based composition of components
and automated methods and tools for supporting a sustainable commerce
in components.
A public meeting (Proposers' Conference) for potential proposers and other
interested parties under this focused program competition 97-06 will be
held on Monday, March 17, 1997, at the Holiday Inn, 2 Montgomery Village
Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Eastern time and end at approximately 3 p.m. and will provide general
information regarding the ATP, hints on preparing good proposals (covering
the same material presented at previous ATP Proposers' Conferences), and
will provide an opportunity for attendees to ask questions on the scope
and technical and business goals of this focused program. Attendance at
this public meeting is not required. No registration fee will be charged.
To register for this public meeting or for further information, contact
ATP, by phone: 1-800-ATP-FUND; fax: 301-926-9524 or 301-590-3053; or e-mail:
atp@nist.gov.
In addition to the
focused program proposers' conference in Gaithersburg, ATP is considering
additional proposers' conferences in other locations. Should any additional
conferences be arranged, that information will be published in the CBD
and on our Web site.
Date created: February
12, 1997
Last updated:
April 12, 2005
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