SURVEY OF
ATP APPLICANTS 2000
9. Time and Cost for ATP Proposal Preparation
Companies
seeking to partner with the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) submit
Research and Development (R&D) project proposals to the ATP. Project
proposals are then evaluated for technical and economic merit in a rigorously
competitive review process. The Survey of ATP Applicants 2000 collected
information on the amount of time and cost companies expended to prepare
an ATP proposal.
Respondents
were asked to indicate:
- the
total number of staff hours used in preparing
their ATP proposal
- the
total cost to their company in preparing the
proposal
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Companies
applying for an ATP award devote varying levels of resources to proposal
preparation
- The median ATP applicant
devoted 200 staff hours to their ATP proposal. The total company
cost of preparing an ATP proposal for the median applicant was $17,500.
- Figure 1 shows the
distribution of total staff hours devoted to ATP proposal preparation.
Three-quarters of all applicants devoted less than 320 hours of staff
time to their proposal.
- Figure 2 shows the
distribution of cost to companies in preparing their ATP proposal.
Three-quarters of all applicants spent less than $30,000.
FIGURE
1. Total Staff Hours Used in Preparing ATP Proposal
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1]
FIGURE
2. Total Cost of Preparing ATP Proposal
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2]
Time and
cost for ATP proposal preparation differs by applicant type
Joint
Venture Companies and Single Companies
- Joint Venture Lead
companies and Single companies devoted a similar amount of staff
time to proposal preparation. Joint Venture Partner companies spent
less time.
- For both Joint
Venture Lead companies and Single companies, the median amount
of staff time was 200 hours, while for Joint Venture Partner
companies the median was 120 hours. (See Figure 3.)
- Joint Venture Lead
companies experienced higher total costs in preparing an ATP proposal,
relative to Joint Venture Partner companies and Single
companies.
- The median cost
for Joint Venture Lead companies was $25,000. For Joint Venture
Partner companies the cost was $17,500, and for Single companies
the cost was $12,500. (See Figure 4.)
FIGURE
3. Total Staff Hours Used in Preparing ATP Proposal, by Applicant
Type
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3]
Large
Companies and Small Companies
- Large companies devoted
more resources than small companies to ATP proposal preparation.
- Comparing total cost,
the median for Large/Medium companies was twice that of Small companies
($25,000 versus $12,500). (See Figure 4.)
Awardees
and Nonawardees
- ATP Awardees devoted
more effort to preparing their proposals than Nonawardees.
- Comparing total cost
of proposal preparation, the median cost for Awardees was $25,000,
compared to $17,500 for Nonawardees. (See Figure 4.)
FIGURE
4. Total Cost in Preparing ATP Proposal, by Applicant Type
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Date created:
June 24, 2003
Last updated:
August 2, 2005
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