Universities play an important role in public-private partnerships, by bringing frontier research knowledge and ideas to ATP projects, and providing critical access to expertise of key university personnel.

• Three out of five ATP awards involve university participation. Over 170 different universities represent about 650 instances of university participation in ATP projects.

• 50 percent of all single company projects involve a university as a subcontractor.
• Approximately 70 percent of all joint venture projects involve a university as a joint venture partner or subcontractor.

Figure 1: Distribution by Type of University Participation in ATP Projects (1990-September 2004)

• Universities have received an estimated $200M through ATP awards (almost 10 percent of total ATP funds). Universities can participate in ATP projects either as subcontractors or as additional partners in a joint venture. Almost 9 out of 10 universities participate as subcontractors.

University participation by technology area:

• Manufacturing (Discrete) 77%
• Advanced Materials/Chemicals 62%
• Electronics/Computer Hardware/Communications 49%
• Information Technology 49%
• Biotechnology 50%

Factsheet 3.D8 (September 2004)