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12.911:  Defense Technology Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance

Popular Name:  Technology Reinvestment Project; TRP; Dual Use Applications Projects

Objectives:  To stimulate the transition to a growing, integrated, national industrial capability that provides the most advanced, affordable, military systems, and the most competitive commercial products. The program encourages and pursues its goal of industrial base integration through competitively selected technology proposals. The unifying theme of all funded activities is that investments in dual-use technology development, deployment, and education will offer significant advantages to the military security of the nation and lead to increased flexibility, affordability, and competitiveness for U.S. firms internationally. This support may take the form of grants, cooperative agreements, or other transactions.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

12.911 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Credentials/Documentation:  Applicants must not appear on the debarred or suspended list for DoD. If the award is a grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction, the applicant must not appear on the nonprocurement debarred or suspended list. In addition, compliance with the provisions of OMB Circular Nos. A-21, A-87, A-88, A-110, A-122, and A-133 may be required.

12.911 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.

Application Procedure:  Eligible organizations may submit proposals in response to relevant solicitation announcements published in the Commerce Business Daily.

Award Procedure:  Award decisions are based upon competitive selection of proposals resulting from a scientific review. Evaluators use the evaluation criteria contained in the relevant solicitation announcement. Generally, the offeror's proposal is incorporated into the award document and the offeror agrees to perform the projects as described in the proposal.

Deadlines:  Deadlines are specified by the various solicitation announcements.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  A representative range of time required for the proposal to be accepted for award would be 90 to 120 days. Awards for high priority projects generally require less time.

Appeals:  Not applicable.

Renewals:  Renewals generally require reapplication with a new proposal. Extensions can generally be handled under the terms of the original grant or cooperative agreement.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  The four equally weighted selection criteria categories are: (1) Overall scientific and technical merit; (2) technical approach and management planning; (3) pervasive impact; and (4) commitment to productization.

Examples of Funded Projects:  1. Uncooled low cost infrared sensors, 2. advanced TCP 800 turboprop development for surveillance aircraft, and 3. automotive micro-machine gyro derivative applications.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $90,000 to $10,000,000.

12.911 RELATED PROGRAMS:

None.

12.911 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

In fiscal year 1999, one grant award for a total of $.75 million and 15 other transactions for a total of $308.1 million. In fiscal year 2000, projected totals are 0 grant awards and 2 other transactions.

12.911 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Type of Assistance:  Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).

Obligations:  (Grants) FY 99 $434,658; FY 00 est $0; and FY 01 est $0. (Other Transactions) FY 99 $212,479,253; FY 00 est $195,000,000; and FY 01 est $250,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  97-0400-0-1-051.

Authorization:  10 U.S.C. 2511; 10 U.S.C. 2512.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  The Program Information Package for Defense Technology Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance can be obtained from the Headquarters office. This publication provides comprehensive information on the Technology Reinvestment Project or the Dual Use Applications Programs. For additional information see DARPA's website: www.darpa.mil/.

12.911 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Not applicable.

Headquarters Office:  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, ATTN: Technology Reinvestment Project Office, 3701 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203. Phone: 1-800-382-5873. Fax: 703-696-3813. E-mail Address: pa95-04@arpa.mil.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

12.911 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  This program has no statutory formula. All programs require cost-sharing of at least 50 percent. Matching requirements are detailed in the program information package for Defense technology conversion, reinvestment, and transition assistance and the individual statutory program requirements.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Assistance is generally available for a base term of one to two year period with additional terms of one to two years as stated in the individual grant, cooperative agreement, or other transaction. Funding is usually provided fully.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  There are two (2) TRP related and Dual Use Applications Projects related competition areas: (1) Technology Development and (2) Small Business Innovative Research Program. It is the intent of these programs to encourage improvements in the technology, institutions, and skills needed for a globally competitive, high-technology, dual-use industrial base. Technology development activities under these programs should deal with the creation and extraction of new and existing product and process technologies and exploration of their potential for commercial and/or defense applications. It is intended that these activities will result in applied development, not basic research. Basic research or final product prototype/feasibility demonstrations are not part of the above programs. The TRP program has been discontinued, however, a related program, Dual Use Assistance Program (DUAP) now exists and is run by each of the services. Information on this program is available by calling 1-800-382-5873 or via the web at www.darpa.mil/.

12.911 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Grantees, cooperative agreement holders, and other awardees may be required to publish or otherwise make publicly available, the results of the work. Copies of reports are furnished by the awardee to a prescribed list of addresses. Additional information regarding reporting requirements is detailed in the terms of the grant or agreement.

Audits:  To the extent that award recipients are partnerships or consortia, this program is not generally subject to the audit requirements of OMB Circular Nos. A-88, A-110, and A-133.

Records:  Each awardee must maintain sufficient records to permit determination that the funds were used appropriately for the grant or agreement purpose.