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* Findings from EAO’s
Post-Project Survey
EAO collects data from ATP companies participating in an ATP
project two, four and six years after a project's completion.
EAO calls this the Post-Project Survey. Data collected for this
fact sheet came from nine rounds of interviews covering projects
that began sometime between October 1, 1993, and December 31,
1998. The interviews were conducted between February 1, 2001,
and August 1, 2004. The first seven sets of interviews were timed
to occur approximately two years after the ATP project ended.
The last two sets of interviews included 168 companies surveyed
from the first set of interviews since four years had elapsed
for those projects. In addition, 11 new companies were surveyed
who were not sampled in the first round. This fact sheet comes
from the responses of 515 participant companies working for 261
projects. The 261 projects divided into 187 single applicant
and 74 joint venture projects.
Companies Continue
to Make R&D Investments Following Their
ATP Projects:
- 8 out of 10 companies
in single-applicant projects continued R&D on their
ATP-funded technology.
- Nearly 5 out of
10 companies in joint venture projects continued R&D
on their ATP-funded technology.
For companies participating in joint ventures:
- 9 out of 10 joint
venture projects had at least one member continuing R&D
on their ATP-funded technology.
- Over
70% of small firms, 55% of medium firms and 55% of large
firms continue R&D funding of their technology.
For companies participating in single-applicant projects:
- Over 80% of small
and medium-sized firms and over 70% of large firms continue
R&D funding of their technology.
These findings
support the assertion that ATP’s mission
is being met, specifically:
- ATP funds projects that are in the early-stage of technology
development, where there are still substantial technical
uncertainties.
- Companies made the technical progress in the ATP-funded,
risky stage of technology development needed to attract capital
to overcome the remaining technical barriers.
- Companies are continuing their commitment to the long-term
ATP goals of successful commercialization and broad national
economic benefit.
Factsheet 1.G2 (September 2004 by John Nail)
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