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The [[NIST]] Advanced Technology Program (ATP, or NIST ATP)

[http://www.atp.nist.gov/] is a United States Government ([[US Department of Commerce]], [[National Institute of ScienceStandards and Technology]]) program designed to simulate early stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be fundable. It is unique in that it is designed for early stage research in industry, not academia, though it supported academia indirectly (as subcontractors or collaborators in projects). It funded projects deeply, but with many strings attached. It was a child of the Clinton administration in the 90's with special legslation enacted and implemted in the Code of Federal Regulation Title 15, Volume 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>

The Bush administation [http://www.expectmore.gov] repeatedly recommended its termination and the program was suspended in 2005 with the White House working with the Administration and Congress to terminate this program.

This was completed On August 9, 2007, the President signed the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 2272; Public Law Number 110-69), which repealed the Advanced Technology Program enableing legslation. A new, sucessor program was enacted but not funded, called the NIST Technology Innovation Program [http://www.nist.gov/tip/]. 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.