Abstract

The U.S. Advanced Technology Program (ATP) invests directly in the growth of the nation's economy by cost sharing with industry in the development of high-risk enabling technologies that form the basis for new and improved products, manufacturing processes, and services. ATP relies on U.S. companies to conceive and propose technology development projects, carry out and share the costs of the research of awarded projects, help disseminate new knowledge gained, and make further investments in the development of the technology to bring it into the commercial marketplace.

This report addresses the requirements set forth in ATP's authorizing legislation that foreign-owned companies incorporated (or organized) in the United States must meet as a condition of receiving ATP funding. The report provides information and statistics on foreign eligibility and participation as a resource for prospective applicants. Policymakers, government administrators, academicians, private individuals, law firms, think tanks, and others interested in the issue of foreign participation in publicly funded research and development programs may also find the report useful.

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I wish to thank my colleagues at ATP and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for their help in preparing this publication. Kathleen McTigue, ATP economist, Cindy McKneely, ATP Information Specialist, and Rupali Goel, ATP summer intern, assisted in gathering the data on foreign participation in ATP. Stephanie Shipp, Director, ATP Economic Assessment Office, provided suggestions on all drafts of the report. Kathleen McTigue also provided helpful comments and suggestions on the tables and questions and answers section. Appreciation is extended to ATP reviewers Lorel Wisniewski, Supervisory Economist, ATP Economic Assessment Office; Brian Belanger, former Deputy Director, ATP; Bettijoyce Lide, ATP Competitions Manager; and Elissa Sobolewski, Acting Deputy Director, ATP. I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of the Washington Editorial Review Board reader, Susan Mentzer, Staff Attorney, Office of NIST Counsel.

Sincere appreciation is extended to the many individuals who have contributed to the preparation of foreign eligibility findings since the inception of ATP in 1990. They include past and present Science and Technology Counselors and other officials of foreign embassies located in Washington, D.C.; officials of foreign countries and managers of foreign counterpart programs; officials at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the U.S. Department of State; officials from U.S. embassies located abroad; scholars and academicians; industry representatives; and guest researchers and colleagues at NIST. In addition, the foreign eligibility findings benefited from materials available on the Internet, private resources including reports from Dun & Bradstreet and Hoovers, and public resources including surveys from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Paper copies of this report are available by mailing your request to Economic Assessment Office, Advanced Technology Program, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 4710, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-4710, or by sending an email to atp-eao@nist.gov. An electronic copy of the report is available on ATP's website at www.atp.nist.gov/eao/ir-6099/contents.htm.

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Date created:  January 1998
Last updated: August 3, 2005

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