Commerce funds leading-edge tech
The Commerce Department announced that it will help fund 54 highrisk research projects this year under its Advanced Technology Program
The Advanced Technology Program's 2000 Project Awards
The Commerce Department on Wednesday announced that it will help fund 54
high-risk research projects this year under its Advanced Technology Program.
The department's National Institute for Standards and Technology runs
the ATP program, which supports commercial high-risk research and development
projects on a cost-shared basis.
If carried through to completion, the 54 projects will receive about
$130 million from private industry, matched by about $144 million from the
ATP.
NIST received more than 400 proposals for the ATP awards program this
year. The winning projects cover technologies including pharmaceutical design,
tissue engineering, industrial catalysts, energy generation and storage,
manufacturing technologies, electronics manufacturing, and computer software.
Most of the winners — 40 — were small businesses. They received awards either
for single-company projects or as the lead company in an joint venture.
At least 30 universities are involved as joint-venture partners or subcontractors.
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