ATP awards help private industry pursue innovative, high-risk technologies that have substantial potential for creating U.S. economic growth. Funded projects focus on enabling technologies that underlie potential products, industrial processes or services. The due date for submission of full proposals is Wednesday, March 19, 1997.
Joint ventures can receive funding for up to five years.
Joint ventures must provide matching funds for more than 50 percent of the total project costs for each quarter that the ATP funds the project. ATP will be mailing the new ATP Proposal Preparation Kit to individuals whose names are currently on the ATP mailing list. Application kits are available for those not on the mailing list. The seven Edison Centers are non-profit organizations that combine state, industry and academic resources to solve industrial problems and develop new technologies. Battelle arrived at its results by applying its proprietary econometric model of the Ohio economy to economic data collected by the Edison Centers.