Applicants
who are not awarded funding from the Advanced Technology
Program (ATP) are provided a telephone debriefing on the
strengths and weaknesses of their proposals vis a vis ATP
selection criteria. The Survey
of ATP Applicants 2002 collected information from
Non-awardees about their views of the proposal debriefing.
Non-awardees
were asked to indicate their level of satisfaction
with the following aspects of the proposal
debriefing:
- Timeliness
- Clarity
of content
- Comprehensive
of content
Non-awardees
were also asked whether they would prefer
oral or written formats for the proposal
debriefing.
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Non-awardees
have mixed views of their ATP proposal debriefings
- Just
over half of Non-awardees were satisfied regarding the timeliness of
their debriefing and almost one-quarter were dissatisfied
regarding timeliness (see Figure 1).1
- Just over
half of Non-awardees were satisfied regarding their debriefing’s clarity
of content. But almost a third were dissatisfied
(see Figure 1).
- Just over
half of Non-awardees were satisfied regarding the comprehensiveness
of content for their debriefing. Almost a third
of Non-awardees were dissatisfied (see Figure 1).
We have combined
the response categories “very satisfied” and “somewhat
satisfied” for ease of reporting.
Companies
seeking to partner with the Advanced Technology
Program (ATP) submit proposals to the ATP.
Proposals must be for the development of
innovative technologies that could not obtain
private funding due to the high technical
risk and that have the potential to produce
widespread benefits to the economy and society.
Proposals are evaluated for technical and
economic merit in a rigorous competitive
review process.
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FIGURE 1 - Applicant
Satisfaction with Proposal Debriefing
Non-awardees
prefer oral and written debriefing formats in equal degrees
- 43% of
Non-awardees would prefer an oral format for the proposal
debriefing, while 41% say they would prefer a written
format. 16% report having no preference (see Figure 2).
FIGURE
2 - Preferences
for Format of Proposal Debriefing
Applicants
across different ATP technology areas report some variation
in satisfaction with debriefings
- Applicant
satisfaction with the timeliness, clarity and comprehensiveness
of debriefings varies somewhat by ATP technology area
(see Table 1).
TABLE
1 - Satisfaction
with Proposal Debriefing, by Technology Area
| |
Biotechnology |
Materials
and Chemistry |
Electronics |
Information
Technology |
| Timeliness |
| Very
satisfied |
30% |
35% |
25% |
25% |
| Somewhat
satisfied |
28% |
32% |
22% |
30% |
| Neither |
19% |
17% |
25% |
19% |
| Somewhat
dissatisfied |
14% |
12% |
19% |
15% |
| Very
dissatisfied |
8% |
5% |
9% |
10% |
| Clarity
of content |
| Very
satisfied |
18% |
27% |
24% |
29% |
| Somewhat
satisfied |
28% |
43% |
30% |
23% |
| Neither |
11% |
9% |
19% |
18% |
| Somewhat
dissatisfied |
20% |
10% |
14% |
21% |
| Very
dissatisfied |
22% |
10% |
13% |
9% |
Comprehensiveness
of content |
| Very
satisfied |
15% |
23% |
17% |
25% |
| Somewhat
satisfied |
26% |
43% |
33% |
29% |
| Neither |
16% |
15% |
23% |
18% |
| Somewhat
dissatisfied |
21% |
9% |
12% |
20% |
| Very
dissatisfied |
22% |
10% |
15% |
9% |
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1 We have combined the response
categories “very satisfied” and “somewhat
satisfied” for ease of reporting.
Date
created: February 2, 2005
Last updated:
August 10, 2005
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