[Zope] U.S. SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) FY 2000 solicitation... partnering opportunities

[Jim Salmons]

To the General ZOPE and ZCommerce community members,

	Last week, the U.S. SBA announced the topics for its fiscal year 2000 Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Of particular interest to the
ZCommerce and general ZOPE lists are a number of topics in Section 8.0,
Technology Topics (http://ois.nist.gov/sbir/sect8_fy00.htm). These topics
include, but are not limited to:

	8.01 Adaptive Learning Systems
	8.13 Infrastructure for Distributed Electronic Commerce, including
subtopics:
		8.13.2T Subtopic:  Secure Agent Toolkit
		8.13.8T Subtopic:  Role-Based Authorization Policy Toolkit
		8.13.9T Subtopic:  XML for Workflow Management

	Phase 1 grants are up to $75,000 for 'proof of concept' and feasibility
studies to prepare small businesses for going after Phase 2 grants which are
up to $300,000 for applied research and development addressing the SBA's and
Commerce Department's research agendas.

	SBIR grants are a great way to fund 'guerilla development.' They can also
be the source of lost time and energy if you don't have the wherewithal to
put the right team together along with the right proposal.

	Sohodojo (http://sohodojo.com/nanocorp.html) is an 'n2n-n2B-n2C' eHub
serving a peer-based community of nanocorps, free agents, e-lancers and
assorted small business revolutionaries.  In addition to our general charter
of being the 'standard-bearer' for the growing nanocorp community, we have a
long-standing interest and world-class reputation for research and
development in the area of ROLE-BASED EXECUTABLE BUSINESS MODELING
technologies (http://jfsconsulting.com/home/jimbio_01.html).

	Sohodojo is soliciting partners interested in collaborating on the
development, presentation and implementation of SBIR 2000 proposals in the
topics listed above.

	PLEASE REMEMBER, this opportunity is most appropriate for TOP GUNS only.
This is not an opportunity for newbies or learners. Your professional
reputation and experience MUST contribute substantively to the credibility
of the proposed research team as well as help you to make a value
contribution to any proposal development effort.

	(Energetic newbies wanting to help and learn are welcome to contact us.
However, please be aware that we cannot guarantee that anything will come of
this effort, and if successful, the phase 1 funding is not likely to support
a less-than-critical-path contributor.)

	The deadline for Phase 1 proposals for SBIR 2000 is January 12, 2000.

	We look forward to hearing from like-minded, self-starting, small
businesses and independent professionals: please reply to
mailto:hosts@sohodojo.com?subject=SBIR-2000_partnering_inquiry.

	Best Regards,
	--Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky--
	Hosts, sohodojo


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