Jim Cast

Headquarters, Washington, DC April 25, 1997

(Phone: 202/358-1779)

RELEASE: 97-79

NASA SELECTS PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS

NASA has selected 14 additional 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 $8.4 million, will be
conducted by 13 small, high-technology firms located in nine
states. These additional selections are made possible by a
strategic change in the FY1997 SBIR program funding plan.

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 277 proposals were submitted by SBIR contractors

completing Phase I projects that were initiated in 1995, and 170
were previously selected. These additional projects have all met
SBIR Phase I objectives and been determined as feasible research
innovations for meeting Agency needs. Selections were taken from
the original "Recommendation list."

Phase II continues development of the most promising Phase I

projects. Selection criteria include 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 the NASA
field centers and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Attached is a breakout of awards by NASA Center

and State. A printed listing of companies selected for the
program is available in the NASA Headquarters Newsroom (Phone:
202/358-1600) and can also be accessed on the internet at URL:
http://sbir.hq.nasa.gov/SBIR.html

NASA PHASE II ADDITIONAL SELECTION DISTRIBUTIONS

April 25, 1997

STATE SELECTIONS FIRMS STATE SELECTIONS FIRMS

California 4 4 New York 1 1

Connecticut 1 1 Texas 1 1
Florida 2 2 Virginia 1 1
Iowa 1 1 Wisconsin 1 1
New Hampshire 2 1

SELECTION DISTRIBUTION BY NASA FIELD CENTER

NASA CENTER AWARDS FIRMS

Ames Research Center 1 1

Moffett Field, CA

Dryden Flight Research Center 1 1

Moffett Field, CA

Goddard Space Flight Center 1 1

Greenbelt, MD

Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2 2

Pasadena, CA

Johnson Space Center 2 2

Houston, TX

Kennedy Space Center 1 1

Kennedy Space Center, FL

Langley Research Center 1 1

Hampton, VA

Lewis Research Center 1 1

Cleveland, OH
Marshall Space Flight Center 2 2
Marshall Space Flight Ctr, AL

NASA Headquarters 1 1
Washington, DC

Stennis Space Center 1 1

Stennis Space Center, MS