@TITLE = COOPERATIVE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES <R>FOR INDUSTRY AT NIST
<F56B>WORKING WITH INDUSTRY.<F255D> The National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), a major federal technology agency
with long-standing industrial ties, promotes economic growth by
working with industry to develop and apply technology,
measurements, and standards.
@BDYTXTINDLEAD = NIST actively seeks industrial, academic, and
non-profit partners to work collaboratively on projects of mutual
benefit. Special efforts are made to tailor cooperative programs to
the individual needs of the research partners. NIST hosts about
1,200 guest researchers from industry, academia, and other
government agencies each year at its Gaithersburg, Md., and
Boulder, Colo., sites.
<F56B>CRADAs.<F255D> NIST has participated in 815 Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) since 1988. CRADAs
typically cover joint research efforts in which both NIST and the
cooperating company provide staff, equipment, facilities, and/or
funds, in any number of possible combinations, for a project of
mutual interest. 
@BODYTEXTIND = NIST is now working with more than 200 <R>different
research partners on nearly 240 CRADAs in 132 areas of research.
Eighty-five percent of NIST's CRADA partners are U.S. businesses,
with about equal numbers from large and small <R>companies. 
@BDYTXTINDLEAD = Under a CRADA, NIST can protect confidential or
proprietary information exchanged during the project, keep research
results confidential, and provide exclusive rights for intellectual
property <R>developed. Each CRADA is negotiated separately and most
take 3 to 4 weeks to implement. 
<F56B>CONSORTIA.<F255D> NIST may sponsor research consortia on
topics of broad interest to a number of different partners. These
consortia, usually structured through CRADAs, involve companies and
organizations that exchange data, ideas, researchers, and/or
materials among themselves and with NIST to meet agreed-upon
research goals. Most require payment of membership fees in exchange
for advance knowledge of research results produced by the
consortia. 
@BDYTXTINDLEAD = Active consortia open to U.S. companies are:
Advanced Environmentally Friendly and Fire-Safe Materials, BACnet
Interoperability Testing, <R>Ceramic Machining, Ceramic Processing
Characterization, Coatings Service Life Prediction, Computer-Aided
Manufacturing Engineering, Enhanced Machine Controller, Flowmeter
Installation Effects, Machine Tool Performance Models and Machine
Data Repository, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits, North
American Integrated Services Digital Network Users' Forum, Optical
Properties of Materials, Orthopaedic Accelerated Wear Resistance,
and <R>Ultrasonic Program to Improve Flow Measurement.
<F56B>INFORMATION<BI>.<F255D> NIST publishes a directory of
<R>cooperative research areas entitled Guide to NIST, which is
available free from A903 Administration Bldg., NIST, Gaithersburg,
Md. 20899-0001, fax: (301) 926-1630, or visit http://www.nist.gov.
For more information about conducting research at NIST, contact Rm.
213, Bldg. 820, NIST, <R>Gaithersburg, Md. 20899-0001, (301)
975-3084.
@TITLE = NIST's Industrial Partners
@PARA1 = Listed below are the corporations and trade groups that
have current cooperative research and development agreements with
NIST:
@IPARBDY = 10A, Inc.
@IPARBDY = 3M Center
@IPARBDY = ADTRAN
@IPARBDY = Advanced Lithography Group
@IPARBDY = Advanced Technology and Research Corp.
@IPARBDY = AHK & Associates
@IPARBDY = Akzo Nobel Chemicals
@IPARBDY = Alerton Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Alliance Data Systems
@IPARBDY = American Dental Association Health Foundation
@IPARBDY = American Superconductor Corp.
@IPARBDY = Ameritech Services
@IPARBDY = Anatech Ltd.
@IPARBDY = Andover Controls Corp.
@IPARBDY = Applied Materials
@IPARBDY = Aspen Systems, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Astralux, Inc.
@IPARBDY = AT&T Bell Laboratories
@IPARBDY = Atlas Electric Devices Co.
@IPARBDY = Automated Logic Corp.
@IPARBDY = BBN Corp.
@IPARBDY = Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Bell Communications Research
@IPARBDY = BellSouth
@IPARBDY = Biomet, Inc.
@IPARBDY = BioTraces, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Black and Decker
@IPARBDY = Boeing Co.
@IPARBDY = Cabot Corp.
@IPARBDY = Calimetrics, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Carpenter Technology Corp.
@IPARBDY = Carrier Corp.
@IPARBDY = Cascade Microtech, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Caterpillar, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Ceradyne, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Cert Co.
@IPARBDY = Chand Associates, Incorporated
@IPARBDY = Chemical ElectroPhysics Corp.
@IPARBDY = CID Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Cimetrics Technology, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Cimetrix Corp.
@IPARBDY = CIMplus, Inc.
@IPARBDY = CIM Technologies
@IPARBDY = CIMx, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Coblentz Society
@IPARBDY = College of American Pathologists
@IPARBDY = Controlotron Corp.
@IPARBDY = Courtaulds Coatings (Holdings) Limited
@IPARBDY = Crucible Compaction Metals
@IPARBDY = Cryenco Sciences, Inc.
@IPARBDY = CryoGen, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Crystal Technology, Inc.
@IPARBDY = CYBO Robots, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Cylink Corp.
@IPARBDY = Datum/Efratom
@IPARBDY = Del Mar Medical Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Delta Controls
@IPARBDY = Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Deneb Robotics, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Digital Equipment Corp.
@IPARBDY = Digital Signature Trust Co.
@IPARBDY = Dow Chemical Co.
@IPARBDY = Dow Corning Corp.
@IPARBDY = Duke Scientific Corp.
@IPARBDY = Duron, Inc.
@IPARBDY = DynCorp., Inc.
@IPARBDY = Eastman Kodak Co.
@IPARBDY = EICON Technology Corp.
@IPARBDY = E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
@IPARBDY = Electric Power Research Institute
@IPARBDY = Enermodel Engineering Limited
@IPARBDY = Entrust Technologies
@IPARBDY = Environmental Optical Sensors, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Ericsson, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Exotech, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
@IPARBDY = Factory Mutual Research Corp.
@IPARBDY = Finnigan Corp.
@IPARBDY = Fluid Jet Associates
@IPARBDY = FMC Corp.
@IPARBDY = Framework Technology Corp.
@IPARBDY = Frontier Technologies
@IPARBDY = General Electric Co.
@IPARBDY = General Motors Corp.
@IPARBDY = Grey Pilgrim
@IPARBDY = GTE Southwest, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Heraeus Amersil, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Hewlett-Packard Co.
@IPARBDY = Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Honeywell, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Horizon Technology Group
@IPARBDY = Hughes Aircraft Co.
@IPARBDY = I D Identify
@IPARBDY = IAP Research, Inc.
@IPARBDY = IBM Corp.
@IPARBDY = Intecom, Inc.
@IPARBDY = <F56B><F255D>IVS
@IPARBDY = Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Johnson Controls, Inc.
@OVER = cont.
@IPARBDY = <F56B>Industrial Partners (cont.)
@IPARBDY = Keithley Instruments, Inc.
@IPARBDY = KLA Instruments 
@IPARBDY = KMC Controls
@IPARBDY = Landis
@IPARBDY = Landis and Staefa
@IPARBDY = LECO Corp.
@IPARBDY = Life Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Link Gear & Machine Co.
@IPARBDY = Litton Amecon
@IPARBDY = LORRON Corp., The
@IPARBDY = Lucent Technologies
@IPARBDY = Mastercard International
@IPARBDY = Mesa Labs
@IPARBDY = MGS Research, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Micro-G Solutions
@IPARBDY = Microsoft Corp.
@IPARBDY = MKE-Quantum Components
@IPARBDY = Mobil Chemical Co.
@IPARBDY = Montronix, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Motorola, Inc.
@IPARBDY = National Industrial Information Infrastructure <R> 
Protocols Consortium
@IPARBDY = Network General Corp.
@IPARBDY = NeuTek
@IPARBDY = Northern Telecom, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Northstar Photonics, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Norton Co.
@IPARBDY = N-See Software
@IPARBDY = Nuclear Energy Institute
@IPARBDY = NYNEX Corp.
@IPARBDY = OASYS Group, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Ohio Aerospace Institute
@IPARBDY = Optical E.T.C., Inc.
@IPARBDY = Orion Analysis Corp.
@IPARBDY = Osteonics, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Panametrics, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Park Scientific Instruments
@IPARBDY = PDES, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Perdix, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Perennial Corp.
@IPARBDY = Perkin Elmer Corp.
@IPARBDY = Pharmacia Biotech, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Phoenix Controls
@IPARBDY = PlantSTEP, Inc.
@IPARBDY = PolarSoft, Inc.
@IPARBDY = PPG Industries, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Pratt & Whitney Co., Inc.
@IPARBDY = PQ Corp.
@IPARBDY = Radcal Corp.
@IPARBDY = Rayex Corp.
@IPARBDY = RF Microsystems (NRAD)
@IPARBDY = RITEC, Inc.
@IPARBDY = RLR Resources
@IPARBDY = Sandusky International, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Schott Glass Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Science Applications International Corp.
@IPARBDY = Sekisui America Corp.
@IPARBDY = SEMATECH
@IPARBDY = SETA Corp.
@IPARBDY = Shaver Engineering
@IPARBDY = SiemensTelecom Networks
@IPARBDY = Simpex Technologies, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Simplex Time Recorder
@IPARBDY = Simulation Technologies Incorporated
@IPARBDY = Sonix, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 
@IPARBDY = Southwest Research Institute
@IPARBDY = Spectra Diode Laboratories, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Spectra-Tech, Inc.
@IPARBDY = SPYRUS, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Steag AST Elektronik, USA
@IPARBDY = Structural Composites, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Synergy Group, The
@IPARBDY = TASC
@IPARBDY = Telamon, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Teletrol Systems, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Telrepco Services, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Texaco Research and Development
@IPARBDY = Texas Instruments
@IPARBDY = Texstar, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Timken Co.
@IPARBDY = TopoMetrix Corp.
@IPARBDY = Torrington Co.
@IPARBDY = TPL, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Trane Co.
@IPARBDY = Transaction Network Services, Inc.
@IPARBDY = TRW, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Trygon, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Uniphase
@IPARBDY = U.S. West, Inc.
@IPARBDY = VeriSign, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Visa International
@IPARBDY = VLSI Standards, Inc.
@IPARBDY = Winters ElectroOptics
@IPARBDY = X-Ray Optical Systems, Inc.
@IPARBDY = York International
@IPARBDY = Zimmer, Inc.