National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Technology Transfer 2000 Program Solicitation
To reduce overlap and streamline administrative and programmatic functions, NASA has established areas of excel-lence for each of its field installations. The most significant, as noted in NASA's management plan, are termed Centers of Excellence (CE). There is one CE for each NASA installation. Each CE represents a focused, Agency-wide leadership responsibility in a specific area of technology or knowledge. CE's are chartered with a clear definition of their capabilities and boundaries. They are charged to be preeminent within the Agency, if not worldwide, with respect to the human resources, facilities, and other critical capabilities associated with the par-ticular area of excellence. Each CE must maintain or increase the Agency's preeminent position in their assigned area in line with the program requirements of the Strategic Enterprises and the long-term interests of the Agency. More information can be found in the NASA Strategic Plan:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codez/plans.html
The NASA STTR Program is aligned with the CE's. This year five CE's are participating. The research topics will be focused on some of the product areas or challenges faced by each CE. Research topics will rotate each year among different CE's.