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 3.A.2: ATP Awards Summary Data
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Forty-Four Competitions (1990-September 2004)

  1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 TOTALS
Number of Awards
11
28
21
29
88
103
8
64
79
37
54
59
61
67
59
768
Single Applicants (SA)
6
18
18
24
50
62
6
49
52
26
39
46
51
55
48
550
     Small Businesses*
4
13
12
14
24
33
6
40
44
22
35
43
47
53
43
433
Medium-Sized Businesses
0
1
3
4
14
16
0
5
6
2
1
2
0
1
2
57
Large Businesses**
2
2
3
6
12
13
0
4
2
2
3
1
4
1
3
58
Other***
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Joint Ventures Leads (JVL)
5
10
3
5
38
41
2
15
27
11
15
13
10
12
11
218
     Small Businesses
3
3
0
2
16
7
0
8
9
4
6
7
4
2
4
75
Medium-Sized Businesses
0
0
0
1
5
10
1
1
4
1
2
2
2
3
2
34
Large Businesses
0
3
2
1
11
13
1
4
12
5
7
1
4
4
4
72
Other
2
4
1
1
6
11
0
2
2
1
0
3
0
3
1
37
Total Joint Venture Participants (JVP)
24
55
11
21
123
215
4
37
89
20
41
29
18
37
19
743
     Small Businesses
6
15
5
8
33
61
3
19
21
3
15
13
10
12
7
231
Medium-Sized Businesses
3
7
3
6
41
71
1
12
29
5
8
3
2
9
4
204
Large Businesses
11
19
1
7
31
55
0
4
26
10
12
7
4
10
6
203
Other
4
14
2
0
18
28
0
2
13
2
6
6
2
6
2
105
Total Joint Venture Participants (JVL + JVP)
29
65
14
26
161
256
6
52
116
31
56
42
28
49
30
961
     Small Businesses
9
18
5
10
49
68
3
27
30
7
21
20
14
14
11
306
Medium-Sized Businesses
3
7
3
7
46
81
2
13
33
6
10
5
4
12
6
238
Large Businesses
11
22
3
8
42
68
1
8
38
15
19
8
8
14
10
275
Other
6
18
3
1
24
39
0
4
15
3
6
9
2
9
3
142
Total Joint Venture Participants (SA + JVL + JVP)
35
83
32
50
211
318
12
101
168
57
95
88
79
104
78
1,511
     Small Businesses
13
31
17
24
73
101
9
67
74
29
56
63
61
67
54
739
Medium-Sized Businesses
3
8
6
11
60
97
2
18
39
8
11
7
4
13
8
295
Large Businesses
13
24
6
14
54
81
1
12
40
17
22
9
12
15
13
333
Other
6
20
3
1
24
39
0
4
15
3
6
9
2
9
3
144

* Fewer than 500 employees. NOTE: Beginning in year 2000 the number of awards are based on year recipient received funding, not on competition year.
** Included in Fortune 500 listing.
*** Became ineligible under the American Technology Preeminence Act of 1991.
**** Participants: Includes Single Applicants (SA), Joint Venture Leads (JVL), and Joint Venture Participants (JVP); excludes subcontractors, informal collaborators with joint ventures, and collaborators and strategic partners of single applicants.

Factsheet 3.A2 (September 2004)
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