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The [[NIST]] '''AdvancedSucks Technologyat life Program''' (ATP, or NIST ATP) is a United States Government ([[US Department of Commerce]], [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]]) program designed to simulate early stage advanced technology development that would otherwise not be fundable.<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>

ATP 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.{{fact|date=May 2008}} It was a child of the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration in the 90's with special legislation enacted and implemented 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>