Forty percent of the companies, representing 52 percent of the projects, report they are now able to make a new or improved product, even though the product may not be ready for the marketplace for some time. Twenty-eight percent of companies, representing nearly 39 percent of projects, report they have adopted process improvements resulting from ATP funding. The first licensing revenues have also been realized. The ATP plans to continue the BRS data collection for future projects and participants funded by the program. In addition to providing a large volume of data covering more projects for a longer time period, the BRS will continue to provide an evolving picture, with statistical summary metrics, of the status of ATP projects towards meeting ATP's legislated economic objectives.
More analysis is needed to ensure high data quality for all responses.
The BRS supports detailed analysis of any project subgroup of interest, for example, a specific project type, industry sector, technology, or geographical location. Under appropriate restrictions to maintain confidentiality, the data will be used by economic researchers in studies of ATP project and program progress and impact. The BRS data can also be used in conjunction with information from diverse sources to support a variety of evaluation studies, including detailed case studies. This information will be invaluable in studies of economic spillovers.