ATP 1999 Competition

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology announced the opening of its 1999 competition to choose innovative industrial R&D projects for cost-sharing support under the Advanced Technology Program. The ATP expects to have approximately $66 million available in fiscal year 1999 for first-year funding of new projects that potentially offer broad-based economic benefits for the nation. Based on previous competitions, this would be expected to initiate innovative R&D projects with a joint industry/government investment of from $300 million to $450 million through 2003.

POTENTIAL PROPOSERS
and other interested parties
are invited to attend a general information meeting
sponsored by
The State of Utah
Office of Technology Development
February 18, 1999
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
at
324 South State Street, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UTah

A representative from the ATP will be present to review general information on the 1999 Competition, the selection process, and ATP rules and procedures.

Seating is limited, please RSVP to reserve seat(s) by calling Enid Cox at 801-538-8770, or Fax 801-538-8773, or email ecox@dced.state.ut.us.

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This year, to simplify the application procedure and encourage the broadest possible participation by industry, the ATP is conducting a single large competition rather than several competitions in different technology areas. The ATP will establish several independent technology-specific selection boards and assign each project proposal for review by the board most qualified to evaluate the proposal's merits.

The Advanced Technology Program provides funding on a cost-shared basis to industry to carry out research and development on high-risk, high-payoff emerging and enabling technologies. The program concentrates on those technologies that offer significant, broad-based benefits to the nation's economy but that are not likely to be developed in a timely fashion without the ATP's support because of the technical risks involved. The subjects of the ATP research projects are proposed by industry. Awards are made on the basis of announced criteria that consider the tchnical and business merits of the proposed projects.

Further information on the Advanced Technology Program, including copies of the new ATP Proposal Preparation Kit (dated November 2000) and the competition announcement, is available from the ATP web site at www.atp.nist.gov, by sending email to atp@nist.gov, by calling (800) ATP-FUND (1-800-287-3863), or by faxing a request to (301) 926-9524 or (301) 590-3053. The deadline for full proposals to the 1999 ATP competition is 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, April 14, 1999.

Date created: March 3, 1999
Last updated: April 29, 2003

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