Advanced Technology Program
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The NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP, or NIST ATP) is a United States Government (US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology) program designed to simulate early stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be fundable[1].
ATP unique in that it is designed for early stage research in industry, not academia, though it supported academia indirectly (as subcontractors or collaborators in projects). It funded projects deeply, but with many strings attached[citation needed]. It was a child of the Clinton administration in the 90's with special legislation enacted and implemented in the Code of Federal Regulation Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299[2] The Bush administration repeatedly recommended its termination[3] and the program was suspended in 2005 with the White House working with the Administration and Congress to terminate this program. This was completed on August 9, 2007 when the President signed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272; Public Law Number 110-69), which repealed the Advanced Technology Program-enabling legislation.
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[edit] Technology Innovation Program
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A new, successor program was enacted but not funded, called the NIST Technology Innovation Program. The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) was established for the purpose of assisting U.S. businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.
TIP is aimed at speeding the development of high-risk, transformative research targeted to address key societal challenges[4]. Funding could be provided to industry (small and medium-sized businesses), universities, and consortia for research on potentially revolutionary technologies for meeting critical national needs that present high technical risks—with commensurate high rewards if successful. The primary mechanism for this support would be cost-shared research grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts awarded on the basis of merit competitions.
[edit] Features
The major features of the Technology Innovation Program are established in the authorizing legislation. Some highlights:
- TIP is to make cost-shared awards of no more than 50 percent of total project costs to high-risk R&D projects that address critical national and societal needs in NIST’s areas of technical competence.
- Projects may be proposed either by individual, for-profit companies or by joint ventures that may include for-profit companies, institutions of higher learning, national laboratories or non-profit research institutes, so long as the lead partner is either a small or medium-sized business or an institution of higher learning.
- Awards are to be limited to no more than $3 million total over three years for a single-company project or no more than $9 million total over five years for a joint venture.
- TIP may not provide funding to any business that is not a small or medium-sized business, though those businesses may participate in a TIP funded project.
[edit] Additional details
To read the legislation authorizing the Technology Innovation Program, see P.L.110-69, Sec. 3012 Technology Innovation Program.
On March 7, 2008, NIST published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on proposed regulations which implement the TIP. The proposed regulation prescribe policies and procedures for the award of financial assistance (grants and/or cooperative agreements) under TIP.
[edit] References
- ^ Helm, Leslie. "Advanced Technology Program Caught in the Works of Politics", Los Angeles Times, 1995-11-26. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ [CITE: 15CFR295.1] TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 295--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
- ^ Benedetto, Richard. "Program keeps avoiding the ax", USA Today, 2005-02-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ Castro, Daniel. "A Billion Here, A Billion There: How the Census Bureau Has Bungled the 2010 US Census", eGov Monitor, 2008-05-06. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
