Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.: Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technologies Program,

[Federal Register: March 25, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 57)]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Solicitation for Financial Assistance for Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technologies (CARAT) Program Solicitation No. DE- PS02-99EE50493

AGENCY: Chicago Operations Office (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting financial assistance applications.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites applications for federal assistance for research on the Cooperative Automotive Research for Advanced Technologies (CARAT) Program. The purpose of the (CARAT) Program is to provide small businesses and institutions of higher education with an exclusive means to research, develop, and validate advanced automotive technologies that will enable the production of cars and light trucks which are extremely fuel efficient, have low emissions, and/or are fuel flexible. CARAT is intended to channel the creativity and resourcefulness of the small business and academic communities to remove technology barriers blocking the viability of promising technologies.

DATES: Pre-Application information is to be received no later than April 9, 1999. Applications are to be received no later than June 10, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael Rafa, Acquisition and Assistance Group, Chicago Operations Office, 9800 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, Telephone No. (630) 252-2192, FAX No. (630) 252-5045, Internet--Michael.Rafa@ch.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There are 15 topics for which the DOE invites Financial Assistance Applications: Oxygen Reduction Catalysts for PEM Fuel Cell, Cooling Systems for PEM Fuel Cells, Direct-Methanol Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Ultralight Sandwich Structures, Processing of Metal Matrix Composites, Low-Cost Carbon Fiber Precursors and Production Methods, High-Volume, High-Rate, Low-Cost Manufacturing of Structural Thermoplastics Composites, Mass Flow Rate and Chemical Composition Sensor for Engine Intake System, Safe Electrolytes with Improved Operating Temperature Range, Low-Cost Packaging for Lithium- ion Cells, Stabilization of Manganese Spinel for Use as a Low-Cost Cathode Material in Lithium-ion Batteries, Traction Motors, Improved Coolant for Electrical/Electronic EV/HEV Systems and Waste Heat Recovery in Passenger Automobiles.

The solicitation will be available on the Internet to view and download at http://www.ch.doe.gov/business/ACQ.htm (It is critical that ACQ be in uppercase and all others are lower case). Printed copies will not be available from this office, therefore, copies must be downloaded from the Internet. Any amendments to this solicitation will be posted on the Internet. Please note that prospective applicants will not be alerted when the solicitation is issued on the Internet or when amendments are posted on the Internet.

Issued in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1999. John D. Greenwood, Acquisition and Assistance Group Manager Contracting Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-7329Filed3-24-99; 8:45 am]

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