Contact: Michael Baum, michael.baum@nist.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NIST 96-54
Dec. 5, 1996
Contact: Michael Baum ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
(301) 975-2763 PROGRAM REQUESTS
michael.baum@nist.gov PROPOSALS FOR 1997
GENERAL COMPETITION
The Commerce Department today announced the opening of a
general competition for new R&D awards under the department's
Advanced Technology Program. Approximately $20 million to $25
million will be available in first-year, cost-shared funding for
the awards, which support the development by private industry of
innovative, high-risk technologies with the potential for
important, broad-based economic benefits for the United States.
ATP general competitions are open to proposals from any area
of technology,including those currently the subject of special
ATP focused programs. The ATP may run additional competitions in
1997. Deadline for the submission of proposals to the 1997 ATP
general competition is 3 p.m. Eastern time, March 19, 1997.
Details of the general competition were published today on CBDNet
(http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov), the electronic listings of
Commerce Business Daily. (The notice will appear within a few
days in the printed version of Commerce Business Daily.)
Advanced Technology Program awards are designed to help
industry pursue risky, challenging technologies that have the
potential for a big pay-off for the nation's economy. ATP
projects focus on enabling technologies that will create
opportunities for new, world-class products, services and
industrial processes, benefiting not just the ATP participants
but other companies and industries and ultimately consumers and
taxpayers. The ATP's cost-shared funding enables industry to
pursue promising technologies that otherwise would be ignored or
developed too slowly to compete in rapidly changing world
markets.
Both individual, for-profit companies and consortia
including at least two for-profit companies may qualify for ATP
awards. Non-profit independent research organizations,
universities and federal laboratories also may participate as
subcontractors or partners in consortia. Projects may run for up
to three years for individual companies or up to five years for
joint ventures. Proposed projects must focus on the development
of high-risk, enabling technologies that underlie potential
products, industrial process or services. The ATP will not
support product development work.
To provide potential applicants with general information on
the ATP, proposal selection criteria, the proposal evaluation
process and other information, the ATP will sponsor a series of
seven public meetings, scheduled for the following cities:
Boston, Mass. Jan. 6
San Francisco, Calif. Jan. 6
Chicago, Ill. Jan. 8
Phoenix, Ariz. Jan. 8
Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 10
Kansas City, Mo. Jan. 10
Gaithersburg, Md. Jan. 13
Attendance at these Proposers' Conferences is not required to
participate in the ATP competition. The format and content of all
seven meetings will be the same.
Additional information on the public meetings and the ATP
1997 general competition and copies of the ATP Proposal
Preparation Kit may be obtained from the ATP by phone:
1-800-ATP-FUND, fax: (301) 926-9524, or email: atp@nist.gov.
Additional information also may be obtained on the Internet from
the ATP World Wide Web site: http://www.atp.nist.gov.
The Advanced Technology Program is managed by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. A non-regulatory agency of
the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST
promotes U.S. economic growth by working with industry to develop
and apply technology, measurements and standards.
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