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DIARY: April 23, 1999 11:04 AM Friday; Rod Welch

Completed review NSF grant proposal requirements.

1...Summary/Objective
2...We have to figure out what to propose...
3...Need to develop roles and arrangements between Roy and Rod...
4...Need to address financial backing and commercial potential...
5...HTML Forms Available 990409 for Proposal Submitted via Internet
6...Proposal Must be Submitted via Internet; HTML Forms Available 990409
7...Table Command in HTML Examples of Application

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SUBJECTS
Requirements
Program Description, Chapter 1

0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up ref SDS 60 0000, ref SDS 59 0000.
050602 -
050603 - Need to contact Roy about his letter received on 990404. ref SDS 58
050604 - 1270
050605 -
050606 -    [On 990425 sent Roy copy of letter to Morris, with link to this
050607 -    record. ref SDS 61 0752]
050608 -
050609 -    [On 990427 received letter from Roy. ref SDS 62 6897]
050610 -
050611 -  ..
050612 -
050613 - We have to figure out what to propose...
050614 -
050615 - Ideas were initially posed on 990314. ref SDS 54 5280
050616 -
050617 - NSF para 3.1.1, ref OF 11 0301, says...
050618 -
050619 -    Designate ONE, and only ONE of the numbered topics listed in
050620 -    Chapter 8.0. The topic name and, if applicable, the appropriate
050621 -    subtopic letter, must be identified on the cover sheet. A firm may
050622 -    submit separate proposals on different topics or different
050623 -    proposals on the same topic under this Solicitation. Firms are
050624 -    encouraged to submit their best ideas in response to this
050625 -    Solicitation. Multiple submissions will not necessarily result in
050626 -    multiple awards.
050627 -
050628 -      [On 990427 Roy proposes Context Management, ref SDS 62 3360, as
050629 -      freeware web application. ref SDS 62 9522]
050630 -
050631 - NSF para 3.1.5, ref OF 11 0315, says...
050632 -
050633 -    Multiple proposals based on different unique innovations can be
050634 -    submitted on any number of topics or to specific subtopics.
050635 -    Multiple proposals based on a single unique innovation are
050636 -    discouraged.
050637 -
050638 -    If duplicate proposals or equivalent proposals are submitted to
050639 -    different topics, all proposals but one will be deemed
050640 -    inappropriate and returned without further consideration.
050641 -
050642 - Need to develop roles and arrangements between Roy and Rod...
050643 -
050644 - NSF Section 1.4.4, ref OF 9 0144, says...
050645 -
050646 -    Principal Investigator (PI) involvement with the project must be
050647 -    substantial, and are mandatory for both Phase I and II:
050648 -
050649 -    PI plans and directs the SBIR project, leading it technically and
050650 -    making substantial personal contributions during its
050651 -    implementation, serving as the primary contact with NSF on the
050652 -    project, and ensuring that the work proceeds according to the grant
050653 -    agreement.  Phase I proposal shall describe the nature of the PI's
050654 -    activities and the amount of time PI will apply personally on the
050655 -    project.
050656 -
050657 -    Co-PIs are not permitted.
050658 -
050659 -    What does Roy have in mind in connection with these provisons, per
050660 -    my letter on 990314. ref SDS 54 0084
050661 -
050662 -
050663 - NSF Section 3.5 part 6, ref OF 11 0356, says...
050664 -
050665 -    Significant consideration is placed on a company's current
050666 -    technical and administrative posture and plans for future growth.
050667 -    As part of this section you are required to state the number of
050668 -    employees and the distribution into the following categories:
050669 -
050670 -        •  Technical
050671 -        •  Administrative (including legal)
050672 -        •  Management
050673 -        •  Manufacturing (including sales)
050674 -
050675 -
050676 -
0507 -
0508 -

SUBJECTS
Requirements
Commercial Applications Customers
Funding Phase II Commercial Partners

0706 -   ..
070601 - Need to address financial backing and commercial potential...
070602 - 
070603 - Under 3.5 part 5, this may apply mainly to phase II. ref OF 11 3402
070604 -
070605 - NSF Section 4.2.1 cites potential financial backing as an award
070606 - criteria. ref OF 12 4421  Section 4.2.2 affirms this point. ref OF 12
070607 - 4422
070608 -
070609 - What are Roy's ideas to address this award criteria?
070610 -
070611 -       [On 990426 discussed with Morris. ref SDS 61 0752]
070612 -
070613 -       [On 990427 Roy proposes web application for Context Management
070614 -       as freeware to sell consultant time. ref SDS 62 9522]
070615 -
070616 -       [On 990430 received inquiry for people to work on commercial
070617 -       project, indicating Enterprise web application may have good
070618 -       commercial prospects. ref SDS 63 0865]
070619 -
070620 - NSF section 3.5 part 5, ref OF 11 0355, says...
070621 -
070622 -    NSF will assess commercial potential based on the experience of a
070623 -    number of successful small business innovations, the following key
070624 -    questions can serve as a useful frame of reference to guide you at
070625 -    this stage in developing a strategy for commercialization. These
070626 -    include the following:
070627 -
070628 -    •  <8747 What are the potential customer needs that your type of
070629 -       product will fulfill?
070630 -
070631 -    •  Who are the customers?
070632 -
070633 -       [On 990615 prepared proposal section on commercial potential
070634 -       citing alphabet as key improvement, which helps everything.
070635 -       ref SDS 65 2394]
070636 -
070637 -    •  How do customers satisfy those needs today and at what cost?
070638 -    •  How big is the total market? (This is the number of customers
070639 -       with the needs times the cost for meeting the needs.)
070640 -    •  What are major trends affecting market and what is the outlook?
070641 -    •  What are the competing methods for fulfilling those needs?
070642 -    •  Who are the competitors?
070643 -    •  Why will customers choose your type of product over doing
070644 -       nothing or using competing approaches? (The answer should be
070645 -       made in the context of the economics of the customer's
070646 -       business.)
070647 -    •  How will you make and deliver your products?
070648 -
070649 -    Central issue for commercialization is how well and efficiently
070650 -    customer needs might be fulfilled.
070651 -
070652 -    Show a significant number of customers would indeed adopt the
070653 -    innovation.
070654 -
070655 -    Careful description of the scope of the market is important for the
070656 -    NSF evaluation.
070657 -
070658 -    Include estimates of direct applications of the innovative
070659 -    technology, and imaginative applications which might be envisioned
070660 -    to emerge during the three-to-five year period when research and
070661 -    commercialization activities would take place.
070662 -
070663 -
070664 - ..
070665 - Chapter 3.5 part 11 says funding for SBIR Phase I can exceed
070666 - $100K under conditions explained at a site...
070667 -
070668 -      Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with
070669 -      Disabilities. ref OF 11 6550
070670 -
070671 - However, this site is not available.
070672 -
070673 -
070674 - Chapter 5.2.1 describes electronically submitting a Phase I final
070675 - report, ref OF 13 0521, using Fast Lane at the following web
070676 - address...
070677 -
070678 -           http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov.cgi-bin/NSF_PrjRpt
070679 -
070680 -    Today, we are getting a report this address does not exist.
070681 -
070682 -
070683 -
070684 -
0707 -

SUBJECTS
Submission by Internet,
Forms Obtained from SBIR OA 990409
Initiating

1006 -
100601 -  ..
100602 - HTML Forms Available 990409 for Proposal Submitted via Internet
100603 - Proposal Must be Submitted via Internet; HTML Forms Available 990409
100604 -
100605 - As shown on 990407, ref SDS 59 3055, NSF SBIR/STTR Forms &
100606 - Attachments, says downloadable HTML forms for the FY 1999, NSF SBIR
100607 - and STTR submissions will be available before the start of a
100608 - conference on 990409, at web site...
100609 -
100610 -    http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/solicitations/nsf9957/formlist.htm
100611 -
100612 - ... which will make it easier to prepare proposals, and to submit via
100613 - Internet, which is required this year. ref OF 8 4828
100614 -
100615 -     [On 990521 forms do not seem to be available. ref SDS 64 9077]
100616 -
100617 -
100618 -
100619 -
100620 -
1007 -

SUBJECTS
HTML Tools Web Page Development
HTML Code, Table Command
Tables

1306 -
130601 -  ..
130602 - Table Command in HTML Examples of Application
130603 -
130604 - There are a number of applications in this NSF material that are good
130605 - examples using the HTML table command.
130606 -
130607 - Table seems to always require
130608 -
130609 -       table
130610 -       tr
130611 -       td
130612 -
130613 - Some tables use only a single tr command and stack all of the entries
130614 - in succeeding td commands.
130615 -
130616 -      Example table of contents.... ref OF 5 4144
130617 -
130618 -
130619 - Other tables use multipel tr commands and a single td command for
130620 - each.
130621 -
130622 -      Example varied table structure.... ref OF 14 0603
130623 -
130624 -    [On 990618 examples of very complex tables. ref SDS 66 2166]
130625 -
130626 -
130627 -
130628 -
1307 -