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Proposals
for access to ORNL supercomputers
due Sept. 15
DOE's Office of Science has released the 2007 Innovative and Novel
Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) call for
proposals (CFP). The Office of Science is seeking to support innovative,
large-scale computational science projects. Successful proposals
will be given the use of substantial computer time and data storage
on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world that reside
in the department's scientific computing centers, including the
new leadership-class Cray supercomputers housed at ORNL (Oak Ridge
National Laboratory) in the National Center for Computational Sciences.
Each year, the INCITE program seeks computationally intensive, large-scale
research projects from DOE laboratories, universities, other research
institutions and industry. The Office of Science expects to make
a small number of large awards.
Eighty percent of the Jaguar and Phoenix supercomputer systems
at ORNL will be allocated via the INCITE process, which closes Sept.
15. No other call for proposals for use of ORNL high-performance-computing
resources will be issued for 2007. The announcement can be found
here and
the CFP itself may be accessed by clicking here.
If you would like help with the application process, representatives
of the NCCS can be contacted at help@nccs.gov
for assistance.
NC
IDEA Grant Program - Deadline Sept 15th
NC IDEA is accepting online applications through its website. Selected
projects will be given small grants to fund "proof-of-concept"
business activities that validate potential markets, reduce business
risks, and advance projects to the point at which they are suitable
for private equity investment.
Instructions on how to submit an application for the Fall 2006
solicitation can be found at http://www.ncidea.org/instructions.htm.
NIH
Contract Solicitations Open: Deadline Nov. 6
PHS/NIH/CDC Opens 2007-1 SBIR Contracts Solicitation (8/8/06)
- The NIH has issued the Public Health Services' (PHS) 2007-1 SBIR
Contracts Solicitation which opened August 8, 2006 and closes on
November 6, 2006. The PHS/NIH/CDC "contracts" solicitation
is a separate and independent offering from NIH and is not connected
to their currently open 2006-2 Omnibus SBIR/STTR Grants solicitation.
There are important differences between the NIH Grants and NIH
Contracts solicitations. The topics are different and are much more
focused and specific in the Contracts solicitation, and is for SBIR
only. The NIH Grants solicitation is for both SBIR and STTR, the
topics are broad based and small businesses are invited to submit
a proposal in any area within the mission of the awarding components.
However, in the NIH Contracts solicitation, proposals are only accepted
if they respond specifically to a research topic.
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Seeking
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At-risk,
non-compliant SBIR recipients
By Lea Strickland
Courtesy: TechJournal South
It is unfortunate that the stories on small businesses who fail
to comply with government requirements for receiving and using grant
funds don't make the papers. Even though small businesses fail audits
everyday, they just don't make the headlines.
The scale of these business failures and closures isn't normally
such that anyone not directly involved pays attention. If a small
business with fewer than 20 employees closes, for whatever reason,
it isn't big news in the local or national media. It should be.
Small businesses are the backbone of innovation and the economy.
When they are successful in technology innovation, but fail "business"
(that includes financial management and commercialization), everyone
suffers.
Compliance isn't optional and it isn't difficult if you get setup
properly and understand the requirements. It can be complex to understand,
however, if you aren't familiar with accounting, financial systems,
and management control principles.
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