Competitions are announced in Commerce Business Daily , by direct mail, and posted on our world wide web page. Only project proposals submitted in response to a formal competition are considered for evaluation. Projects are selected on the basis of both technical and business merit through a fair and rigorous selection process.
General competitions are open to all technology areas.
Past general competition awards have covered a broad spectrum of technologies in agriculture , biotechnology , microelectronics and electronics manufacturing , machine tools , advanced automotive manufacturing , advanced materials , information and communication technology , chemical processing , and other areas.