[net.announce.arpa-internet] DoD University Research Initiative

JCARNEY@USC-ISI.ARPA (01/16/86)

             DoD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE

The Department of Defense, through the Departments of the Army,
Navy, Air Force, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
announces the FY 1986 University Research Initiative (URI).

URI is a multi-component effort designed to strengthen the
capabilities of the universities to perform research and to
educate scientific and engineering personnel in key disciplines
important to the technologies that underlie a strong national
defense.

URI major technologies include: Analysis, Modeling, and
Simulation; Technologies for Automation; Submicron Structures;
Biotechnology; Electro-optic Systems and Signal Analysis; High
Performance Materials; Fluid Dynamics Systems; Human Performance
Factors; Environmental Science and Technology; and Propulsion
Technology.

Individuals interested in receiving the brochure that describes
(in GENERAL terms) the DoD's proposed University Research
Initiative should indicate their interest by sending a message to:

          JCARNEY@USC-ISI.ARPA

The message should contain a complete USPS mailing address.

SPECIFIC information covering proposal submission, deadlines,
format, etc can be obtained from the Services and DARPA.
Interested individuals should contact the following organi-
zations:
  
        Army Research Office
        P.O. Box 12211 - ATTN:  SLCRO-URI-86
        Research Triangle Park, NC  27709-2211
        (919) 549-0641

        Director, Research Programs
        Office of Naval Research
        800 North Quincy Street
        Arlington, VA   22217-5000
        (202) 696-4101

        Air Force Office of Scientific Research
        Bolling Air Force Base
        Washington, DC  20332-6448
        (202) 767-4937

        Director, Defense Sciences Office
        Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
        1400 Wilson Boulevard
        Arlington,  VA 22209
        (202) 694-1959

                                                       (JTM 16JAN86 1008)