Advanced Technology Program

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Advanced Technology Program: ATP provides cost-shared multi-year funding to single companies and to industry-led joint ventures to accelerate the development of challenging, high risk technologies with the potential for significant commercial payoffs and widespread benefits for the nation. This unique government-industry partnership aids companies in accelerating the development of emerging or enabling technologies that lead to revolutionary new products and industrial processes and services that can compete in rapidly changing world markets. ATP challenges the research and development (R&D) community to take on higher technical risk projects with commensurately higher potential payoffs for the nation than they would otherwise pursue. ATP is soliciting proposals in all technology areas (Competition Number 2007-A) as well as four broad Crosscutting Areas of National Interest. Four broad Crosscutting Areas of National Interest for the 2007 Competition provide a framework that links a diversity of technical areas to broad-based economic and societal benefits that are important for technological competitiveness and are well-known priorities for the nation. The areas of interest are each multi-disciplinary technological areas that impact a multitude of industry sectors and applications, and represent technology frontiers with many high-technical risk challenges. They also represent areas where teaming among industry, universities, government labs, and regional centers of excellence is likely to be highly competitive due to the nature of the technical challenges and the potential for economic benefits. The four areas are:. Technologies for Advanced and Complex Systems (Competition 2007-B),. Challenges in Advanced Materials and Devices (Competition 2007-C),. 21st Century Manufacturing (Competition 2007-D), and. Nanotechnology (Competition 2007-E).Total Amount to be Awarded: Fiscal year 2007 appropriations include funds in the amount of approximately $60 million for new ATP awards. Approximately 60 awards are anticipated.A single company can receive up to a total of $2 million for R&D activities for up to 3 years. ATP funds may only be used to pay direct costs for single-company recipients. Single company recipients are responsible for funding all of their indirect/overhead costs. A joint venture can receive funds for R&D activities for up to 5 years with no funding limitation other than the announced availability of funds.U.S.-owned, single, for-profit companies and industry-led joint ventures may apply for ATP funding. In addition, companies incorporated in the United States that have parent companies incorporated in another country may apply.It is essential that applicants be familiar with the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit. The April 2007 version of the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit must be used to prepare and submit all proposals under the fiscal year 2007 competition. To get a copy of the Kit submit an electronic request at http://www.atp.nist.gov/atp/atpform.htm or call ATP at 1-800-ATP-FUND (1-800-287-3863). The Kit is also available at http://www.atp.nist.gov/atp/helpful.htm. Note that ATP is mailing the Kit to all individuals whose names are currently on the ATP mailing list. Those individuals need not contact ATP to request a copy.