The Advanced Technology Program:

Assessing Outcomes

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Publication Year:2001

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Charles W. Wessner, Editor, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, National Research Council
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This report examines the operations of the APT, reviews its extensive assessment program, and provides NRC Committee findings concerning the ATP s operations and recommendations for potential improvements to the program. The report includes a summary of a major conference ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Foreword and Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
Preface	9-22	(skim)
Background	23-58	(skim)
Overview of the Papers	59-62	(skim)
Summary of Symposium Proceedings	63-82	(skim)
Findings and Recommendations	83-98	(skim)
Welcome	99-104	(skim)
Panel I: The ATP Objective: Addressing the Financing Gap for Enabling Technologies	105-116	(skim)
Panel II: ATP's Assessment Program	117-130	(skim)
Panel III: Stimulating R&D Investment	131-144	(skim)
Panel IV: Assessing Progress: Case Study Cluster	145-159	(skim)
Panel V: Assessing the ATP Assessment Program: Challenges and Policy Issues	160-172	(skim)
The ATP Competition Structure	173-188	(skim)
Leveraging Research and Development: The Impact of the Advanced Technology Program	189-210	(skim)
Estimating Economic Benefits from ATP Funding of New Medical Technologies	211-222	(skim)
Enhanced R&D Efficiency in an ATP-funded Joint Venture	223-238	(skim)
Estimating Future Benefits from ATP Funding of Digital Data Storage	239-248	(skim)
Perspectives on the Determinants of Success in ATP-sponsored R&D Joint Ventures: The Views of Participants	249-258	(skim)
Taking a Step Back: An Early Results Overview of Fifty ATP Awards	259-278	(skim)
Annex A. Authorizing Legislation for the Advanced Technology Program	279-286	(skim)
Annex B. Biographies of Contributors	287-294	(skim)
Annex C. Participants List, 25 April 2000 Conference	295-298	(skim)
Annex D. Internal and External Reviews of the ATP, Analyses Commissioned by the Office of Economic Assessment	299-302	(skim)
Annex E. Bibliography	303-314	(skim)

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This report examines the operations of the APT, reviews its extensive assessment program, and provides NRC Committee findings concerning the ATP s operations and recommendations for potential improvements to the program. The report includes a summary of a major conference held in April 2000 as well as seven papers, including surveys of the industry participants or users of the ATP program, a summary of the results of fifty awards, detailed assessments of major joint ventures, and a description of the current selection process. It is the most comprehensive study to date of the program s origins, operations, achievements, and assessment. Its conclusion: the program works.

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Assessing Outcomes

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