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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=httphttps://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 is designed for early-stage research in industry, not academia, though it supported academia indirectly (as subcontractors or collaborators in projects).{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} It was started under the administration of U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1991 with special legislation enacted and implemented by the administration of President [[Bill Clinton]] in the [[Code of Federal Regulations]] 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>