DoC: Advanced Technology Program (ATP)

Sponsor: The Department of Commerce (DoC)

ATP provides cost-shared multi-year funding to single companies and to industry-led joint ventures to accelerate the development of challenging, high risk technologies with the potential for significant commercial payoffs and widespread benefits for the nation. This unique government-industry partnership aids companies in accelerating the development of emerging or enabling technologies that lead to revolutionary new products and industrial processes and services that can compete in rapidly changing world markets.

ATP challenges the research and development (R&D) community to take on higher technical risk projects with commensurately higher potential payoffs for the nation than they would otherwise pursue. ATP is soliciting proposals in all technology areas (Competition Number 2007-A) as well as four broad Crosscutting Areas of National Interest. Four broad Crosscutting Areas of National Interest for the 2007 Competition provide a framework that links a diversity of technical areas to broad-based economic and societal benefits that are important for technological competitiveness and are well-known priorities for the nation. The areas of interest are each multi-disciplinary technological areas that impact a multitude of industry sectors and applications, and represent technology frontiers with many high-technical risk challenges. They also represent areas where teaming among industry, universities, government labs, and regional centers of excellence is likely to be highly competitive due to the nature of the technical challenges and the potential for economic benefits.

The four areas are:

• Technologies for Advanced and Complex Systems (Competition 2007-B),

Examples of benefit areas include (not exclusive list):

a) Life Science System Discovery Tools & Methods (i.e., for health, agriculture, aquaculture, or bioprocessing systems)

b) Ocean and Lake System Management, Monitoring and Cultivation Technologies (i.e., fish and aquatic plant systems for food or energy, etc.)

c) Information Systems (i.e., for networks, security, managing complex data sets, or healthcare systems)

d) Energy System Technologies (i.e., adaptable distributed energy systems, alternative energy systems, energy efficiency, etc.)

e) Environmental System Technologies (i.e., green process technologies, pollution prevention, slowing climate change, monitoring systems, etc.)

• Challenges in Advanced Materials and Devices (Competition 2007-C),

Examples of benefit areas include (not exclusive list):

a) Energy and Power Technologies (i.e. membranes for fuel cells, fuel cell stacks, high power electronics, etc.)

b) Electronics and Photonics (i.e. novel nanoelectronic or optical materials and functional devices, magnetics, etc.)

c) Microsystem Devices (i.e. MEMS, etc.)

d) Broadband Networks and Communications (i.e. integrated optical devices, switches, etc.)

e) Healthcare Diagnostics and Assays (i.e., for the environment, agriculture, aquaculture, food processing and safety, healthcare platform technologies, etc.

f) Composite materials (i.e. or industry, transportation, buildings, etc.)

g) Recycling materials (e.g. for industrial or consumer use)

• 21st Century Manufacturing (Competition 2007-D), and

Examples of benefit areas include (not exclusive list):

a) Computer and Electronic or Photonic Products (i.e. for networks, information systems, etc.)

b) Motor Vehicles and Mechanical Products (i.e. for automotive, aerospace, discrete piece-parts, machinery, etc.)

c) Biomanufacturing/Bioprocessing (i.e., for pharmaceuticals, fuels, chemicals etc.)

d) Bulk Materials (i.e., metal, composites, paper, polymers etc.)

e) Chemical or Material Processing (i.e., for chemicals, plastics, raw materials, etc.)

f) Manufacturing Systems and Controls (i.e. communications, simulations, systems integration, etc.)

g) Energy (i.e. for power generation, storage, conservation, management, etc.)

h) Food Processing (i.e. for food, beverages, etc.)

• Nanotechnology (Competition 2007-E).

Amount: Total Amount to be Awarded: Fiscal year 2007 appropriations include funds in the amount of approximately $60 million for new ATP awards. Approximately 60 awards are anticipated.A single company can receive up to a total of $2 million for R&D activities for up to 3 years. ATP funds may only be used to pay direct costs for single-company recipients. Single company recipients are responsible for funding all of their indirect/overhead costs. A joint venture can receive funds for R&D activities for up to 5 years with no funding limitation other than the announced availability of funds.U.S.-owned, single, for-profit companies and industry-led joint ventures may apply for ATP funding. In addition, companies incorporated in the United States that have parent companies incorporated in another country may apply.It is essential that applicants be familiar with the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit. The April 2007 version of the ATP Proposal Preparation Kit must be used to prepare and submit all proposals under the fiscal year 2007 competition

Deadline: May 21, 2007.

For further information, please visit: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13370&mode=VIEW