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The Advanced Technology Program
The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) is one of the most innovative U.S. policy initiatives, and in the mid-nineties it became one of the county's most controversial government-industry partnerships. Reflecting the policy debates surrounding the program, the STEP Board was asked by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to fulfill a Senate mandate for a review of the operation of the ATP.
The Board accepted this request, undertaking an analysis of the ATP under the auspices of its on-going work on Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development of New Technologies, led by Intel's Gordon Moore. The ATP was created to assist U.S. businesses in developing high-risk, high-payoff technologies. The program is designed to support enabling technologies with multiple applications and broad commercial and societal benefits. The STEP work involves two major meetings to review the program's rationale, mode of operation, and extensive assessment program.
To meet the requirements of the Senate mandate, NIST asked the STEP Board to convene an initial symposium as rapidly as possible. The first meeting, held within ten weeks of the NIST request, was convened on 29 March 1999. This event was designed to provide an overview of the program’s history and concept, discuss its accomplishments, identify challenges, and seek improved methodologies for assessing the program’s contributions. The report, The Advanced Technology Program: Challenges and Opportunities, is based on the proceedings of the symposium. The agenda and participants list are available below. A smaller workshop, organized on 10 December, brought together government officials, Congressional staff, and members of the STEP Steering Committee responsible for the assessment to review the program's goals, successes, and challenges, as well as potential adjustments to the program's operations. The agenda and participants list are available below.
In the second phase of the study, the STEP Partnerships project convened a symposium to review the economic analysis of the impact of the program. On 25 April 2000, some ninety economists, businessmen, and public officials met to discuss methodologies for program assessment, review major case studies, and present some of the recent economic research on topics such as spillovers from ATP-supported technologies. The report, The Advanced Technology Program: Assessing Outcomes, is based on the proceedings of the symposium and will include a number of economic assessments of the impact of ATP awards, as well as findings and recommendations regarding the program's operations. The volume also includes papers on:
"The ATP Competition Structure"
Alan P. Balutis and Barbara Lambis, NIST
"Leveraging Research and Development: The Impact of the ATP"
Maryann P. Feldman, Johns Hopkins University, and Maryellen R. Kelley, NIST
"Estimating Economic Benefits from ATP Funding of New Medical Technologies"
Tayler H. Bingham., Research Triangle Institute
" Enhancing R&D Efficiency in an ATP-funded Joint Venture"
Albert Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
"Estimating Future Benefits from ATP Funding of Digital Data Storage"
David Austin and Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future
"Perspectives on the Determinats of Success in ATP-Sponsored R&D Joint Ventures: The Views of Participants"
Jeffrey H. Dyer, Brigham Young University, and Benjamin C. Powell, University of Pennsylvania
"Taking A Step Back: An Early-Stage Overview of Fifty ATP Awards"
Rosalie Ruegg, TIA Consulting
The agenda and participants list are available below.
Meetings:
Assessing the Advanced Technology Program: Issues and Outcomes (April 25, 2000)
Roundtable on the Advanced Technology Program (December 10, 1999)
The Advanced Technology Program: Challenges and Opportunities (March 29, 1999
For additional information, please contact McAlister Clabaugh at 202-334-1529 or at mclabaug@nas.edu 
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