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The [[NIST]] '''Advanced Technology Program''' ('''ATP''', or '''NIST ATP''') is a United States government ([[U.S. Department of Commerce]], [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]) program designed to stimulate early-stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be funded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21980080.html?dids=21980080:21980080&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+26%2C+1995&author=LESLIE+HELM|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524211652/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21980080.html?dids=21980080:21980080&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+26,+1995&author=LESLIE+HELM|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2011|title=Advanced Technology Program Caught in the Works of Politics|last=Helm|first=Leslie|date=1995-11-26|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=May 12, 2008}}</ref>

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The [[NIST]] Advanced Technology Program (ATP, or NIST ATP) is a United States Government ([[US Department of Commerce]], [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]) program designed to simulatefor early stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be fundable<ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21980080.html?dids=21980080:21980080&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+26%2C+1995&author=LESLIE+HELM|title=Advanced Technology Program Caught in the Works of Politics|last=Helm|first=Leslie|date=1995-11-26|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref>. It is unique in that it is designed for early stage research in industry, not academia, though it supportedsupports academia indirectly (as subcontractors or collaborators in projects).{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} It fundedwas projectsstarted deeply,under butthe withadministration many stringsof attachedU.S. ItPresident was[[George aH. childW. of the [[Bill Clinton|ClintonBush]] administration in the 90's1991 with special legislation enacted and implemented by the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]] in the [[Code of Federal RegulationRegulations]] Title &nbsp;15, Volume &nbsp;1, Parts 0 to 299.<ref>[CITE: 15CFR295.1] TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE CHAPTER II--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 295--ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM</ref>

TheStarting in 1995, the Republican-led Congress, as well as the administration of President [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration, repeatedly recommended its termination<ref>{{cite news|url=httphttps://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-06-advanced-tech-program_x.htm|title=Program keeps avoiding the ax|last=Benedetto|first=Richard|date=February 6, 2005-02-06|work=USA Today|accessdateaccess-date=2008-05-May 12, 2008}}</ref> and the program was suspended in 2005 with the [[United States government|White House]] working with the Administration and Congress to terminate this program. This was completed on August 9, 2007, when the president signed the'' America COMPETES Act'' (H.R. 2272; Public Law Number 110-69), which repealed the Advanced Technology Program-enabling legislation.

This was completed on [[August 9]], [[2007]] when the President signed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272; Public Law Number 110-69), which repealed the Advanced Technology Program-enabling legislation. A new, successor program was enacted but not funded, called the NIST Technology Innovation Program. The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) was established for the purpose of assisting U.S. businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.

==Technology Innovation Program==

TIP is aimed at speeding the development of high-risk, transformative research targeted to address key societal challenges<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/18614|title=A Billion Here, A Billion There: How the Census Bureau Has Bungled the 2010 US Census|last=Castro|first=Daniel|date=2008-05-06|work=eGov Monitor|accessdate=2008-05-12}}</ref><!--not a perfect source -- need to find a more neutral one later...-->. Funding could be provided to industry (small and medium-sized businesses), universities, and consortia for research on potentially revolutionary technologies for meeting critical national needs that present high technical risks—with commensurate high rewards if successful. The primary mechanism for this support would be cost-shared research grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts awarded on the basis of merit competitions.

This was completed on [[August 9]], [[2007]] when the President signed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272; Public Law Number 110-69), which repealed the Advanced Technology Program-enabling legislation. A new, successor program was enacted but not funded, called the NIST Technology Innovation Program. The Technology Innovation Program (TIP) was establishedenacted. forTIP thewas purposeestablished ofto assistingassist U.S. &nbsp;businesses and institutions of higher education or other organizations, such as national laboratories and nonprofit research institutes, to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.

TIP isaims aimedto atspeed speedingup the development of high-risk, transformativenew research targetedthat toaddresses addressspecific keynational societal challengesproblems.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/18614 |title=A Billion Here, A Billion There: How the Census Bureau Has Bungled the 2010 US Census |last=Castro |first=Daniel |date=May 6, 2008-05-06 |work=eGov Monitor |accessdateaccess-date=May 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517162805/http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/18614 |archivedate=2008-05-1217 }}</ref><!--not a perfect source -- need to find a more neutral one later...-->. Funding could beis provided to industry (small and medium-sized businesses), universities, and consortia for research on potentially revolutionarynew technologies for meetingsolving critical national needsproblems that present high technical risks—withrisks, with commensurate high rewards if successful. The primary mechanism for this support would beis cost-shared research grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts awarded based on the basis of merit competitions.

==Features==

The major features of the Technology Innovation Program are established in the authorizing legislation. Some highlights:

*TIP is to make cost-shared awards of no more than 50 percent of total project costs to high-risk R&D projects that address critical national and societal needs in NIST’s areas of technical competence.

*Projects may be proposed either by individual, for-profit companies or by joint ventures that may include for-profit companies, institutions of higher learning, national laboratories or non-profit research institutes, so long as the lead partner is either a small or medium-sized business or an institution of higher learning.

*Awards are to be limited to no more than $3 million total over three years for a single-company project or no more than $9 million total over five years for a joint venture.

*TIP may not provide funding to any business that is not a small or medium-sized business, though those businesses may participate in a TIP funded project.

===Features===

==Additional details==

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To read the legislation authorizing the Technology Innovation Program, see P.L.110-69, Sec. 3012 Technology Innovation Program.

The major features of the Technology Innovation Program are established in the authorizing legislation. SomeThese highlightsinclude:

* TIP is to makemakes cost-shared awards of no more than 50 percent of total project costs to high-risk R&D projects that address critical national and societal needs in NIST’s areas of technical competence.

* Projects may be proposed either by individual, for-profit companies or by joint ventures that may include for-profit companies, institutions of higher learning, national laboratories, or non-profit research institutes, so long as the lead partner is either a small or medium-sized business or an institution of higher learning.

* Awards are to be limited to no more than $3 &nbsp;million total over three years for a single-company project or no more than $9 &nbsp;million total over five years for a joint venture.

* TIP may not provide funding to any business that is not a small- or medium-sized business, though those businesses may participate in a TIP -funded project.

===Shutdown===

On March 7, 2008, NIST published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on proposed regulations which implement the TIP. The proposed regulation prescribe policies and procedures for the award of financial assistance (grants and/or cooperative agreements) under TIP.

"On November 18, 2011, President Obama signed the "Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012," which provided FY 2012 full-year appropriations through September 30, 2012, for the Department of Commerce. This bill included National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) appropriations. However, funds need to be appropriated for the Technology Innovation Program. The Program is currently taking the necessary actions for an orderly shutdown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nist.gov/technology-innovation-program|title=Technology Innovation Program|first=Jimmy|last=Nazario-Negron|date=May 9, 2012|website=NIST.gov|access-date=January 14, 2018}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

* ''P.L.110-69, Sec. 3012 Technology Innovation Program'', legislation authorizing the Technology Innovation Program

==References==

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==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080509035837/http://www.atp.nist.gov/ ATP homepage]

*[httphttps://www.nist.gov/tip/ TIP homepage]

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