ABSTRACT
The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) is a competitive cost-sharing program in which the Federal Government works in partnership with industry to foster the development and broad dissemination of challenging, high-risk technologies that offer the potential for significant, broad-based economic benefits for the nation. ATP's focus on civilian technologies offers the potential for substantial increases in productivity and competitiveness of firms; provides consumers with new, better, and lower-cost products and services; and increases high-wage employment in the United States. The ATP Proposal Preparation Kit was the means by which the program has been introduced to the public. Its publication in 1990, as well as subsequent editions, spelled out the ATP's selection criteria and provided a manual for submitting a proposal. It was developed by the ATP specifically to help the public understand the program and addresses ATP's selection criteria.
