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NASA Selects Phase II Small Business Projects

Don Nolan-Proxmire
Headquarters, Washington, DC                   December 10, 1997
(Phone:  202/358-1983)

RELEASE:  97-282

NASA SELECTS PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS

     NASA has selected 101 research proposals for negotiation of 
Phase II contract awards for NASA's Small Business Innovation 
Research (SBIR) Program.  The selected projects, which have a 
total value of approximately $59 million, will be conducted by 87 
small, high technology firms located in 29 states.

     SBIR goals are to stimulate technological innovation, 
increase the use of small business (including women-owned and 
disadvantaged firms) in meeting federal research and development 
needs, and increase private sector commercialization of results of 
federally funded research.

     A total of 320 proposals were submitted by SBIR contractors 
completing Phase I projects.  These proposals were evaluated to 
determine that they met SBIR Phase I objectives and are feasible 
research innovations for meeting Agency needs.

     Phase II continues development of the most promising Phase I 
projects.  Selection criteria included technical merit and 
innovation, Phase I results, value to NASA, commercial potential, 
and company capabilities.  Funding for Phase II contracts may be 
up to $600,000 for a two-year performance period.

     The NASA SBIR program management office is located at the 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, with executive 
oversight by NASA's Office of Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters, 
Washington, DC.  Individual SBIR projects are managed by NASA 
field centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.

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EDITOR'S NOTE:  A printed listing of companies selected for the 
program as well as a breakout of awards by NASA center and state 
are available in the NASA Headquarters Newsroom (Phone: 202/358-
1600).  This information also may be accessed on the Internet at 
URL: 

                    http://sbir.nasa.gov