THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUISITION: 1)IS TO INITIATE THE FOA: PHOTOVOLTAICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (PVRD) FOR AN EXPECTED $20,000,000 VALUE THE FOA IS EXPECTING ROUGHLY 30-35 AWARDS. AWARD DURATION WILL BE: TOPIC AREA 1 = 1 YEAR, TOPIC AREA 2 = 4 YEARS, TOPIC AREA 3 = 3 YEARS