SURVEY OF
ATP APPLICANTS 2000
1. Why Do Companies Apply for ATP Funding?
The Advanced
Technology Program (ATP) fosters innovation in the United States by partnering
with industry to support high-risk Research and Development (R&D)
with great potential for broad-based economic benefit. ATP
also encourages R&D collaboration between companies and other organizations.
The Survey of ATP Applicants 2000 collected information on factors
that are important to companies in their decision to apply to ATP.
Respondents
were asked to indicate the importance of a number of
factors in reaching their decision to apply for ATP funding.
The factors can be grouped as follows:
- ATP
funding helps overcome unavailability or instability
of internal company funding, or dependence of
internal funding on external funding support
- ATP
funding provides external validation for the
technological or commercial potential of the
R&D project
- ATP
funding facilitates R&D collaboration among
different
organizations
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Nearly
all ATP applicants indicate that unavailability or instability of
internal company funding, or dependence of internal funding on receiving
external support, are important factors in their decision to apply
to ATP
- Internal company
funding is not available.
88 percent of applicants indicate this was "extremely
important" or "very important" in their decision
to apply to ATP. Another 10 percent report that it was "somewhat
important." (See Figure 1.)
- ATP provides
stability of funding for the project over time.
75 percent of applicants indicate this was "extremely
important" or "very important" in their decision
to apply to ATP. Another 17 percent report that it was "somewhat
important."
- Internal company
funding and commitment to the project depend on receiving
external funding.
71 percent of applicants indicate this was "extremely
important" or "very important" in their decision
to apply to ATP. Another 17 percent report that it was "somewhat
important."
Most ATP
applicants indicate that external validation of the technological
or commercial potential of the R&D project was an important factor
in their decision to apply to ATP
- ATP funding
provides external validation of the technological potential
of the project. 55 percent of applicants indicate
this was "extremely important" or "very important" in
their decision to apply to ATP. Another 28 percent report
that it was "somewhat important."
- ATP funding
provides external validation of the commercial potential
of the project. 43 percent of applicants indicate
this was "extremely important" or "very important" in
their decision to apply to ATP. Another 35 percent report
that it was "somewhat important."
Most ATP
applicants indicate that fostering R&D collaboration among different
organizations was an important factor in their decision to apply
to ATP
- ATP funding
facilitates collaboration among different organizations.
44 percent of applicants indicate this was "extremely
important" or "very important" in their decision
to apply to ATP. Another 33 percent report that it was "somewhat
important."
FIGURE
1. Importance of Factors for Why Companies Apply to ATP
[Descriptive link for Figure
1]
Single
company applicants are more likely to emphasize the need for funding
as the factor for applying to ATP, while joint venture applicants
are more likely to emphasize the need to facilitate collaboration
among organizations
- Lack of internal
funding. 60 percent of Single Company applicants
indicate that unavailability of internal company funding
was "extremely important" in their decision to
apply to ATP, compared to 39 percent for Joint Venture applicants.
(See Figure 2.)
- Provides stability
of funding.
47 percent of Single Company applicants indicate that stability
of project funding was "extremely important" in
their decision to apply to ATP, compared to 29 percent for
Joint Venture applicants.
- Facilitates
collaboration. 38 percent of Joint Venture applicants
indicate that facilitating collaboration among different
organizations was "extremely important" in their
decision to apply to ATP, compared to 15 percent for Single
Company applicants.
FIGURE
2. Importance of Factors for Why Companies Apply to ATP:
Single
Company versus Joint Venture Applicants
[Descriptive link for Figure 2]
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Date created:
June 24, 2003
Last updated:
August 2, 2005
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