Idaho Operations Office; Notice of Availability of Solicitation for Awards of Financial Assistance

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24458]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Idaho Operations Office; Notice of Availability of Solicitation 
for Awards of Financial Assistance

Agency

Idaho Operations Office, DOE.

Action

Notice of availability of solicitation number DE-PS07- 00ID13860--Nuclear Engineering Education Research (NEER) Program.

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Summary

The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, is soliciting applications for special research grant awards that will support nuclear engineering research. It is anticipated that on September 16, 1999, the full text for Solicitation Number DE-PS07- 00ID13860 for the 2000 NEER Program will be made available on the Internet under, ``current solicitation'', at the following URL address: www.id.doe.gov/doeid/PSD/proc-div.html, under current solicitation.

Dates

The deadline for receipt of applications will be November 22, 1999.

Addresses

Applications should be submitted to: Dallas L. Hoffer, Procurement Services Division, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive, Mail Stop 1221, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401-1563.

For Further Information Contact

Dallas Hoffer, Contract Specialist at hofferdl@id.doe.gov.

Supplementary Information

The solicitation will be issued in accordance with 10 CFR 600.6(b). Eligibility for awards under this program will be restricted to U.S. colleges and universities with nuclear engineering degree programs or options or an operating research reactor. The purpose of the Nuclear Engineering Education Research (NEER) program is to (1) support basic research in nuclear engineering; (2) assist in developing nuclear engineering students; and (3) contribute to strengthening the academic community's nuclear engineering infrastructure. The statutory authority for this program is Public Law 95-91.

Issued in Idaho Falls on September 13, 1999. R.J. Hoyles, Director, Procurement Services Division. [FR Doc. 99-24458 Filed 9-17-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P