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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">Announcement in Red<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">NASA SBIR/STTR 2019 Program Solicitation is open and includes Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">The NASA SBIR/STTR programs provide opportunities to small business concerns to engage in the research, development, and demonstration of technologies that both fulfill NASA needs
 and have the potential for successful commercialization. The 2019 Program Solicitation is now open and includes subtopic S5.06, Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development. Phase I proposals are <a href="detected://date/0"><span style="color:red">due by March
 29, 2019</span></a> at <a href="detected://date/1"><span style="color:red">5:00 pm EST</span></a>.</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">The subtopic S5.06 is intended to help the NASA Heliophysics Program meet its research obligations to prepare our nation for space weather events.  Four areas have been identified
 for priority development:</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Preparation and validation of existing science models that may be suitable for transition to operational use</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Innovations to produce and/or further refine space weather operational benchmarks</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Data assimilation innovations that enable tools and protocols for the operational space weather community</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif">Instrumentation concepts, flight architectures, and reporting systems suitable for data assimilation into space weather monitoring and forecasting
 systems</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">For complete information, please see the S5.06 Space Weather R2O/O2R Technology Development Subtopic at <a href="https://sbir.nasa.gov/solicitations" target="_BLANK"><span style="color:red">https://sbir.nasa.gov/solicitations</span></a>.
  The NASA SBIR/STTR Help Desk can answer questions (<a href="mailto:sbir@reisystems.com"><span style="color:red">sbir@reisystems.com</span></a> / <a href="tel:301-937-0888"><span style="color:red">301-937-0888</span></a>, <a href="detected://date/2"><span style="color:red">9:00
 a.m.-5:00 p.m</span></a>., <a href="detected://date/3"><span style="color:red">Mon.-Fri</span></a>., Eastern Time).</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">James Spann, PhD</span><span style="color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">Space Weather Lead<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:red">Heliophysics Division, NASA HQ <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black">Vanessa Patrick</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black">Sr. Project Support Specialist</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black">Heliophysics Division</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black">Office: 202-358-0870</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:black">“Never Accept No From The Person Who Has The Authority To Say Yes”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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