NISTIR-6098
Development, Commercialization, and Diffusion of Enabling Technologies
Progress Report for Projects
Funded 1993-1995
Abstract
The Advanced Technology
Program (ATP), administered by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, partners with U.S. industry to develop high risk and enabling
technologies, with significant potential for stimulating U.S. economic
growth. Industry submits proposals containing a research plan for the
work to be performed, an explanation of how the nation broadly will benefit
from the new technical capability, a business plan for future commercialization
of goods and services that may derive from the technology, plans for
diffusing the technology beyond the innovators, and a project budget
indicating the proposed cost-share arrangement. In a highly competitive
process, a peer review panel, involving a mix of technical experts and
business and economic experts, selects projects for funding. Once the
projects are selected, the ATP staff monitors them and evaluates progress
and impacts. An important component of ATP's economic evaluation plan
for tracking project progress and outcomes is the administration of an
electronic survey on a regular basis to all project participants funded
since 1993 to determine progress of projects compared with business plans
and projected economic benefit goals outlined in their proposals. The
resulting Business Reporting System (BRS)
database is intended for use for ATP project management, as well as for
evaluation research. This report summarizes BRS data covering periods
through December 31, 1996, filed by 480 companies in 210 ATP projects,
funded in 19 competitions during FY 1993-1995. The report provides an
overview of pathways to achieving targeted commercial and broader economic
goals; a status report of completed R&D; an analysis of commercialization
and technology diffusion activities; and analyses of other effects of
ATP funding, such as stimulation of R&D collaborations, and increased
private sector investment in high risk and enabling R&D.
Keywords
Advanced Technology Program;
Business Reporting System; economic evaluation; R&D; technology development
and deployment
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Date created: December
1997
Last updated:
August 3, 2005
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