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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
A Guide for Program Ideas
December 1999

National Institute of Standards and Technology
Technology Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce

Guide for Program Ideas

Blue Bullet  ATP's Ongoing Focused Programs and their Managers
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The Advanced Technology Program:
What it is, What it does.

The Advanced Technology Program is a unique partnership between U.S. industry and government to advance the nation's competitiveness -- and economy -- by developing high-risk but powerful new technologies that enable a broad spectrum of potential new applications, commercial products, and services. Through cooperative agreements with individual companies or groups of companies, large and small, the ATP invests in industrial projects to develop technologies with high-payoff potential for the nation. The ATP accelerates technologies that -- because they are risky -- are unlikely to be developed in time to compete in rapidly changing world markets without such a partnership of industry and government. By sharing the cost of such projects, the ATP catalyzes industry to pursue promising technologies.

Managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the ATP has a unique set of features that distinguishes it from other technology development programs in the government. These include:

Check Mark Focus on economic benefit: ATP projects are selected explicitly for broad-based benefits to the nation's economy -- innovative technologies that can be expected to lead to new or improved world-class products and industrial processes.

Check Mark Rigorous, competitive selection process: project proposals are evaluated for both their scientific and technical merit and the business and economic merit of the proposed use of the technology.

Check Mark Industry orientation: ATP projects are conceived, proposed, managed and executed by private industry in response to its analysis of market opportunities. Industry shares in the cost of the projects.

How the ATP Works

While government provides the catalyst -- and in many cases, critical technical support -- industry conceives, manages, and executes ATP projects. Management of projects is geared to ensure that the work performed is what industry believes should be done and is what it can do best.

The ATP conducts competitions to select R&D projects for support. Only project proposals submitted in response to a formal competition are considered. (Competitions are announced in the Commerce Business Daily and by direct mail, among other channels.) ATP information is available via the Internet's World Wide Web. The address is: http://www.atp.nist.gov. Contact ATP via mail, telephone, fax, or electronic mail at the addresses given elsewhere in this booklet to get on the ATP mailing list and to receive a copy of the ATP applicant kit, which describes the entire selection process and selection criteria in more detail.

The ATP emphasizes cost sharing -- ATP recipients on average pay more than half the total costs of the R&D. This helps ensure that companies have a vested interest in the success of projects and in timely commercialization. At the same time, participation by small companies and start-ups is not precluded because the single-applicant requirement for cost sharing is that the company cover its indirect costs. Since most start-ups and small companies have low indirect cost rates, this requirement is not prohibitive.

Projects are evaluated against a list of criteria, including:

Each proposal is reviewed thoroughly by scientists and engineers expert in the subject area -- a common procedure for government technology programs. But ATP proposals also undergo an evaluation of potential economic impact, evidence of significant commitment to the project on the part of the proposer, and other business-related factors affecting the likelihood that successful results will be commercialized.

The scientific and technical reviewers are primarily Federal scientists and engineers to avoid conflict-of-interest problems and protect proprietary information. Business reviews are conducted primarily by experts from the private sector who are carefully screened to avoid conflicts of interest and who must abide by non-disclosure requirements. Semifinalists receive in-depth oral reviews. Proposals are ranked according to published selection criteria, and funding is awarded on the basis of the ranking. This merit-based selection process has been fully tested and refined and is essential to the effectiveness of the ATP.

The ATP also takes an active role in helping to ensure the success of the projects it supports. ATP program managers maintain close, cooperative relationships with their counterparts in industry, offering advice and technical assistance as necessary. Expertise of the NIST intramural laboratories can often be brought to bear to assist companies in solving difficult technical problems that arise in the course of their ATP-funded R&D.

Focused Programs in the ATP

Started in 1990, the ATP has become an effective and important element of the nation's technology strategy, retaining its essential characteristics of objectivity, fairness and efficiency.

Until 1994, the ATP used general competitions open to proposals in all areas of technology as its sole investment mechanism. Since then, the ATP has added a new element to its investment strategy -- focused program competitions. Each type of competition has its unique advantages. General competitions ensure that all good ideas receive consideration, no matter what the technology area. Focused programs have proved to be an effective way of achieving more synergy and leverage in specific areas. Seventeen focused programs are underway as of April 1996.

Each focused program within ATP has well-defined research and business goals. Often these involve the parallel development of a suite of interlocking R&D projects. By managing groups of projects which complement and reinforce each other, the ATP can increase its impact on technology and the economy. Specific program areas are selected based on ideas from industry to preserve the strongly industry-oriented outlook which has characterized the ATP from its start.

Under each program, individual ATP projects will still be selected under the ATP's standard competitive process.

Focused programs are not open-ended. They typically involve three solicitations, each with approximately $8-10M in first-year federal funding which is matched by industry. Focused programs are reevaluated before solicitations to determine whether they are still addressing industry's critical needs. Since every focused program has a fixed life span, there will be a turnover of programs as some are completed and others started.

Programs: What are we looking for?

ATP programs are selected based on four major criteria:

  • Potential for U.S. economic benefit.

  • Good technical ideas.

  • Strong industry commitment.

  • The opportunity for ATP funds to make a significant difference.

ATP selects program areas based on suggestions from industry -- where do you think we should invest? We encourage you to send us a "white paper" in which you outline your idea for a focused program and explain how your idea is consistent with the selection criteria noted above. Because we intend to share white papers with industry broadly, program idea white papers must contain no proprietary information.

In your white paper state as succinctly as possible the goals of the proposed program:

  • The technology(ies) to be developed
  • The new industrial capabilities to be achieved

Discuss briefly how this might be done, and how these goals address our four criteria.

Note that we do not want to hear only about a project that your company would like to undertake. White papers should not focus on ideas for individual R&D projects, although you may include examples of project ideas to illustrate the kinds of technologies to be pursued in the program. White papers must define a broader program in which many companies in your industry would want to participate. So, in writing a white paper, put on your industry hat rather than your company hat. The most common deficiency in white papers is that they have more of a project focus than a program focus. Remember, do not include proprietary information.

The following guidelines will help you address the criteria. We recognize that you may not have enough information at first to answer all these questions, but don't let that stop you from sending in a suggestion. If an area sounds promising, we will work with you and others to refine the program. But the more information you can give us at the beginning, the better we'll be able to evaluate the proposed program. The examples are for illustration only: we have no prejudices for or against the technologies mentioned.

Potential for U.S. Economic Benefit

The whole point of the Advanced Technology Program is to foster significant economic benefits for the country.

Trace the path by which the technical developments under the proposed program will lead to significant economic benefits for the nation. Give us a logical explanation of how the proposed program will lead to economic growth. How should the R&D program be directed to support the economic goals? How will this be reflected in integrated research and business strategies? What will be the likely effect on the U.S. workforce if the program succeeds and is carried forward to commercialization? How can the proposed program lead to economic growth, with a focus on a rising standard of living? What effect would an ATP program likely have on commercial prospects for this technology -- taking into account national and international trends?

How important to the economy are the industrial sectors that would be most affected by your program area?

How important could they be if the program succeeds? Give evidence that the sectors of the economy that will be affected are either sufficient to generate large national economic benefit, or that they are strategically important in some other way -- perhaps improvements in that sector enable large economic benefits in other sectors. What advantage would the proposed technology confer? A major technological advance in a relatively small industrial sector could be as advantageous as a lesser advance in a much larger sector, and vice versa. We are willing to consider programs that would create new industries as well as those that would cause a leap forward in a well-established industry.

EXAMPLE
Potential for U.S. economic benefit:

The ATP focused program in Information Infrastructure for Healthcare was established to develop the information technology tools necessary to catalyze the creation of a broad-based, highly flexible, information infrastructure for the nation's healthcare industry. The ATP program concentrates on enabling technologies for reliable storage and retrieval of complex medical information; data-driven, real-time support for medical decisions; flexible, real-time data entry by medical personnel; real-time global transport of complex medical records with accuracy, speed and security; and computer-based medical training, diagnostic and reference tools.

What would be the economic impact of such a program? In 1994, medical spending in the U.S. topped $938 billion--one dollar out of every seven was spent on healthcare. Rising healthcare costs are widely considered to be a major force in lowering U.S. competitiveness and straining government resources. More effective use of information technology could play an important role in reducing this burden. A study by Health and Human Services, for example, estimated that a nationwide electronic healthcare information network could provide savings in excess of $100 billion over the next eight years. Another study estimated that improved data communications applications could save up to $36.6 billion annually by more efficient information management. In addition to the direct savings to the healthcare industry (plus the benefit to patients of improved healthcare systems), the ATP program will enable U.S. industry to develop state-of-the-art computer systems and services for the worldwide healthcare market, one of the fastest-growing market segments in the computer industry. Worldwide sales of computer systems for medical applications could ready $800 million in 1996 by some estimates.

When you are estimating economic benefits, identify the production and distribution industries and the end-use markets that would be affected, and discuss the expected impact on employment and the gross domestic product. If the purpose of the program is to develop new industries and markets, assess their potential. (ATP White Papers are often initiated by technical people, who may not have easy access to data on such topics. We urge those writing white papers to discuss these kinds of business/economic issues with the marketing departments of their firms, with industry associations, or with outside industry observers and "futurists" who monitor such issues.)

Will industry be able to commercialize the results of the proposed program? There should be a high probability that commercial products or processes will follow from successful completion of the R&D. You should assess industry's commitment to the proposed program area. Will it follow through on commercialization? What are non-technical barriers to commercialization, both at home and abroad, and how will they be overcome? We will expect you to consider all of the critical elements that affect the program's success, not simply technological challenges. What effect would an ATP program likely have on the commercial prospects of this technology?

Good Technical Ideas

We are looking for revolutionary programs with the potential to bring fundamental change to industry.

EXAMPLE
Good technical ideas:

What is the technology "baseline" for your proposed program area? How is the technology expected to improve as a result of the efforts of industry and existing government programs? What might the ATP add to this? The ATP focused program in Digital Data Storage was established to foster research in six technologies critical to the development of the next generations of high-performance data storage devices. The digital data storage industry does about $100 billion a year in business, and already sponsors significant, highly successful, research efforts. To have a measurable impact, the ATP program needs to address issues that would enable advances markedly beyond the current industry trend--in which data storage capability doubles about every three years. In this case, the ATP program targets high-risk technologies that could boost data density by a factor of ten above the historical trend of technology development.

What are the major technical barriers to be overcome? What innovative technologies will erase those barriers?

We welcome "cutting-edge" technologies that entail a high degree of technical risk. We are looking for "technological non-linearities" -- opportunities for a relatively small research effort to leverage major advances for an industry.

What is the current state of the art for this technology, and what are the technology trends? How do you expect the technology to advance, based on industry investment, without the ATP? How will this be accelerated or changed by establishing an ATP program?

Give evidence that the proposed R&D is founded on sound scientific and technical grounds.

Strong Industry Commitment

EXAMPLE
Strong industry commitment:

The primary goal of the ATP focused program in Manufacturing Composites Structures is to trigger the creation of U.S. infrastructure -- first-and second-tier suppliers -- supporting the use of polymer composites for large-scale structures in markets such as surface transportation, civil infrastructure (bridges, e.g.) and off shore oil production. Key to this is the development of basic enabling technologies that support the integration of reliable, cost-effective, high-performance composite materials in industries with no previous experience in using such materials -- a task requiring coordinated efforts of raw-materials suppliers, composites fabricators, and end-users. The Manufacturing Composite Structures program evolved from a set of white papers received by the ATP early in 1994 and the work of an industry-led team assembled from the white-paper authors. A striking feature of the program design was the support of the organizations that spanned the production chain, including materials suppliers (SACMA), the civil construction industry (Civil Engineering Research Foundation), and manufacturers (The Composites Institute of SPI), as well as major corporate players (duPont, Chrysler, and Amoco).

We intend these programs to be partnerships. Give evidence that a reasonable segment of the industry is ready and willing to work with the ATP and with one another as needed to achieve the program's goals. Would the program require horizontal alliances? Vertical alliances? Both? Are the industry players prepared to build these relationships?

Give some measure of the breadth and depth of industry's interest in the proposed program. Describe industry's willingness to share the costs of the R&D. Estimate the level of resources that industry is likely to put towards the proposed program.

Opportunity for ATP Funding to Make a Significant Difference

EXAMPLE
Opportunity for ATP funding to make a difference:

We don't duplicate other Federal investment, but we are open to ideas that complement existing work. The ATP focused program in Tools for DNA Diagnostics, for example, complements the Human Genome Project, a massive DNA technology research effort funded by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The Human Genome Project Supports basic research to develop technology for large-scale DNA sequencing, but it does not address the quite technologies needed to use DNA information for diagnostic applications. The ATP program in this case fills a void in the support of DNA diagnostic technologies important to the nation's healthcare, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as applications in forensics and environmental monitoring.

In other words, why the ATP? Is the proposed program unique? If not, what related efforts are underway, either by industry or government? How would the ATP program complement these efforts?

One reason for the ATP to back an area is to provide the critical mass of support and funding necessary to accelerate work in hotly competitive fields. What is the international competition? Is time of the essence?

Can we realistically hope to meet the program goals? Will the combined industry and government funding be adequate to exploit the technological opportunity in the critical time frame?

To achieve significant economic impact, the ATP's funds must be highly leveraged. If the program is successful, will our relatively small investment lead to far greater investment by industry in subsequent development and commercialization?

Explain why Federal funding in general, and ATP funding in particular, is needed in order to achieve the large potential economic benefit to the nation.

What Happens to the Suggestions?

ATP acknowledges receipt of all program ideas, and logs a summary and information on the submitting organization(s) in a computer database. ATP technical and economic assessment staff review the ideas and consult with outside experts. We typically receive some fully developed program ideas that provide information addressing all of the program criteria. In other cases, we receive incompletely developed ideas or complementary ideas that need to be woven together into a more complete and cohesive program. ATP program managers are responsible for further developing promising program ideas, weaving together interrelated ideas, and working with industry to define robust programs.

The program planning process includes defining specific technical and business goals and developing a program plan for achieving those goals. Program managers use a variety of mechanisms to develop programs including public workshops, informal meetings, data collections, analytical studies, etc. Our public workshops are a particularly effective way of hearing first-hand industry's thoughts on potential focused programs.

We carry out a number of program planning activities in parallel. All program ideas are not expected to be incorporated into programs and all planned programs are not expected to be funded. The ATP will assign priorities and allocate available funds among programs on the basis of how well the proposed programs meet the four selection criteria.

Executing an ATP Program

When funding for a new program is approved, we publish a proposal solicitation announcement in the Commerce Business Daily. We also notify potential applicants via direct mail and the World Wide Web. Multiple competitions over several years may be held for each program. Competitions are generally expected to result in multiple awards to both single-company and joint-venture applicants. The proposal solicitation for each competition will describe the specific technology areas covered by that competition, and the program's technology and business goals.

Program competitions follow the established rules and procedures for all ATP competitions. Legislatively mandated limitations on eligibility of organizations, cost-sharing, funding ceilings, and duration of awards for single-company applicants and joint ventures are the same as for general competitions. Proposals are accepted only in response to formal solicitations. Awards are made only through these competitions.

ATP actively manages for success but avoids micro-management. We work continuously to minimize bureaucracy and paperwork. We aim to help awardees create linkages to other organizations that might enhance project success. Our management approach is to add value by asking questions and not by imposing solutions. Our goal is to manage so that program results are greater than the results of individual projects.

Choosing Program Areas: Make Your Voice Heard

The ATP depends on inspiration and input of a constant supply of good ideas from industry. Here's how to make your ideas heard:

Check Mark Draw up a letter or short "white paper" (it need not be more than 10 pages) describing the program idea.


Check Mark State clearly the technical and business goals to be achieved by the end of the program. Outline the R&D plans in broad terms.


Check Mark Discuss how the proposed program meets the criteria detailed above. Address as many of the points as possible, but don't let incomplete information stop you from sending in the suggestion.


Check Mark Think you can pose a better approach to evaluating programs than we have? Send us your thoughts -- we are continuously refining our process.


Check Mark Do NOT include proprietary information! Expect your white paper to be widely copied and circulated. Mark the paper NON-PROPRIETARY.


Check Mark Include a Title Page clearly marked PROGRAM IDEA with the following information:
    Program Idea Title (90 character limit)
    Submitting Organization
    Contributing Organizations
    Contact Name, Address, telephone, fax number and e-mail address

    Key words (90 character limit)


Check Mark Send it to us. Mail (5 copies please):
    Program Ideas
    Advanced Technology Program
    NIST
    100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4701
    Administration Bldg. 101, Room A407
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4701

    Facsimile: (301) 926-9524
    E-Mail: [email protected]


Check Mark For general information and to get your name on the ATP mailing list (but not to make your suggestion), call 1-800-ATP-FUND.

ATP's World Wide Web site on the Internet is: http://www.atp.nist.gov.

ATP's Ongoing Focused Programs and their Managers:

(Phone numbers and E-mail addresses of the focused program managers can be found in the ATP points of contact listing at the end of this guide. More information on these programs and on awards that have been made can be found on the ATP's World Wide Web site.)

ATP ONGOING FOCUSED PROGRAMS
Adaptive Learning Systems
Harris Liebergot 301-975-5196 [email protected]
Catalysis and Biocatalysis
Robert Bloksberg-
Fireovid
301-975-5457 [email protected]
John Hewes 301-975-5416 [email protected]
Component-Based Software
Barbara Cuthill 301-975-3273 [email protected]
Digital Data Storage
Philip Perconti 301-975-4263 [email protected]
Digital Video in Information Systems
David Hermreck 301-975-4328 [email protected]
Information Infrastructure for Healthcare
Bettijoyce Lide 301-975-2218 [email protected]
Manufacturing Composite Structures
H. Felix Wu 301-975-4685 [email protected]
Materials Processing for Heavy Manufacturing
Clare Allocca 301-975-4359 [email protected]
Microelectronics Manufacturing Infrastructure
Purabi Mazumdar 301-975-4891 [email protected]
Michael Schen 301-975-6741 [email protected]
Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Technology
Jack Boudreaux 301-975-3560 [email protected]
Photonics Manufacturing
Philip Perconti 301-975-4263 [email protected]
Premium Power
Gerald Ceasar 301-975-5069 [email protected]
Selective-Membrane Platforms
Robert Beyerlein 301-975-4341 [email protected]
Technologies for the Integration of Manufacturing Applications (TIMA)
Christopher Neil 301-975-3888 [email protected]
Tissue Engineering
Rosemarie Hunziker 301-975-5324 [email protected]
Tools for DNA Diagnostics
Stanley Abramowitz 301-975-2587 [email protected]
Vapor Compression Refrigeration Technology
Richard (Chuck)
Bartholomew
301-975-4786 [email protected]

ATP CONTACT POINTS

General Information, Mailing List Additions, Submission of Program Ideas (Not Proposals):

Telephone: 1- 800-ATP-FUND (1-800-287-3863)
Facsimile: 1-301-926-9524 or 1-301-590-3053
E-mail: [email protected]

ATP HEADQUARTERS
(general policy)
Cita Furlani
301-975-3543
[email protected]
Acting Director
Cita Furlani
301-975-3543
[email protected]
Acting Deputy Director
Marc Stanley
301-975-3975
[email protected]
Associate Director
Robert Sienkiewicz
301-975-4969
[email protected]
Acting Special Assistant to the Director
Carolyn Van Damme
301-975-5496
[email protected]
Senior Advisor, Marketing and Communications
Rex Pelto
301-975-3918
[email protected]
Outreach Coordinator
Barbara Newland
301-975-5496
[email protected]
ATP Competition Manager
Susannah Schiller
301-975-2852
[email protected]
Acting Group Leader, Information Resources
Barbara Lambis
301-975-4447
[email protected]
Senior Policy and Operations Advisor
CHEMISTRY AND LIFE SCIENCES OFFICE
Linda Beth Schilling
301-975-2887
[email protected]
Office Director, Process Engineering, Catalysis, Energy & Environment, Separations Technology, Industrial Bioprocessing
Chemistry and Materials Staff:
Clare Allocca
301-975-4359
[email protected]
Materials Processing, Engineered Surfaces, Net-shape forming, Ceramics & Ceramic Matrix Composites, Metals and Metal Matrix Composites, Technology Management & Development
Donald Bansleben
301-975-8252
[email protected]
Polymer Technologies, Nanocomposites, Catalysis, Combinatorial Chemistry, Polymer Process Engineering
Richard Bartholomew
301-975-4786
[email protected]
Condition-Based Maintenance, Industrial & Manufacturing Controls, Automotive Internal Combustion engines, Electric & Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Electric Power Generation, thermodynamics, Vapor Compression Refrigeration
Robert Beyerlein
301-975-4341
[email protected]
Materials Chemistry, Industrial Physics, Separations Processes, Membrane Technologies, Catalysis, Emissions Control, Petrochemicals and Synfuels, Renewable Energy
Robert Bloksberg-Fireovid
301-975-5457
[email protected]
Biocatalysis, Metabolic Engineering, Catalysis, Chemical Processing, Bioprocessing, Polymer Materials, Industrial R&D Alliances
Linda Herring
301-975-4699
[email protected]
Business Development, Business Analysis, Catalysis and Biocatalysis Technologies, Combinatorial Chemistry Methods, Biotechnology
John Hewes
301-975-5416
[email protected]
Catalysis and Biocatalysis, Combinatorial Chemistry Methods, Technology Management, Strategic Planning
Richard Palmer
301-975-2160
[email protected]
Botany, Partnering Research with Industry
Christine Platt
301-975-2153
[email protected]
Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, Superconductor Applications, Construction Materials, Cryogenics, Electric Power Equipment
H. Felix Wu
301-975-4685
[email protected]
Fibers, Polymers, Composites, Materials Interfaces and Processing, Composite Infrastructure, Durability/Reliability, Design, Engineering Mechanics
Life Sciences Staff:
Stanley Abramowitz
301-975-2587
[email protected]
Chemistry, Physics, Biophysics, DNA Technology, DNA Diagnostics
Mrunal Chapekar
301-975-6846
[email protected]
Tissue Engineering, Gene Therapy, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, Cytokines, Growth Factors
Gradimir Georgevich
301-975-2180
[email protected]
Proteomics, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, DNA Diagnostics Biosensors
Rosemarie Hunziker
301-975-5324
[email protected]
Tissue Engineering, Genetics, Gene Therapy, Immunology, Mammalian Development
Andrew Klein
301-975-4292
[email protected]
Business Development, Tissue Engineering, DNA Diagnostics
Michael Walsh
301-975-5455
[email protected]
Economics, Business Development, DNA Diagnostics Tools, Tissue Engineering, Biotechnology
Howard Weetall
301-9785-2628
[email protected]
Biochemical and Chemical Sensors, Biotechnology
ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OFFICE
(business-related and economic-related issues)
Jesse Berry
301-975-5421
[email protected]
Industry Consultant
Darin Boville
301-975-5062
[email protected]
Economist
Connie Chang
301-975-4318
[email protected]
Economist, Foreign Eligibility
Maryellen Kelley
301-975-4759
[email protected]
Senior Economist
Conway Lackman
301-975-2047
[email protected]
Industry Consultant
Jake Maczuga
301-975-3984
[email protected]
Industry Consultant
Michael McDermott
301-975-5475
[email protected]
Industry Consultant
Jeanne Powell
301-975-4196
[email protected]
Supervisory Economist
Rosalie Ruegg
301-975-6135
[email protected]
Director, Economic Assessment Office
Robert Sienkiewicz
301-975-4969
[email protected]
Economist
Richard Spivack
301-975-5063
[email protected]
Economist
Paul Swartz
301-975-3861
[email protected]
Industry Consultant
Andrew Wang
301-975-5374
[email protected]
Economist
ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY OFFICE
Barbara Bird
301-975-3105
[email protected]
Business Aspect of Knowledge-Based Manufacturing, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Gerald Ceasar
301-975-5069
[email protected]
Energy Technologies, Large Area Electronics, Thin Film Materials and Devices
Carlos Grinspon
301-975-4448
[email protected]
Electronics, Displays, Sensors, Electronics Manufacturing, Optoelectronics
Thomas Lettieri
301-975-3496
[email protected]
Optics, Photonics, Precision Engineering, Metrology
Joseph Mathias
301-975-4197
[email protected]
Electronic Materials, Electronic Systems
Purabi Mazumdar
301-975-4891
[email protected]
Electronics Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Electronic Packaging, Semiconductor Lithography
Philip Perconti
301-975-4263
[email protected]
Supervisory Electronics Engineer, Electronics, Optoelectronics, Data Storage, Wireless Communications, Fire Prevention
Frank Power
301-975-5057
[email protected]
Industrial Systems
Michael Schen
301-975-6741
[email protected]
Electronic Photonic Materials, Microelectronics Manufacturing, Polymers, Microminiature Materials Manufacturing
Elissa Sobolewski
301-975-3620
[email protected]
Wireless Communications, RF Systems, Microelectronics
William Washington
301-975-4692
[email protected]
Pharmaceutical & Defense Electronics, Manufacturing
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Jack Boudreaux
301-975-3560
[email protected]
Computing, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Discrete Part Manufacturing
Neil Christopher
301-975-3888
[email protected]
Computing, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Discrete Part Manufacturing
Barbara Cuthill
301-975-3273
[email protected]
Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Data Mining
David Hermreck
301-975-4328
[email protected]
Digital Video Technologies
Shirley Hurwitz
301-975-3278
[email protected]
Information Technology, Electronic Commerce, Data Systems
Bettijoyce Lide
301-975-2218
[email protected]
Information Technology, Medical Informatics, Biomedical, Healthcare, Databases
Harris Liebergot
301-975-5196
[email protected]
Acting Office Director, Learning Technologies, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Science
Richard Morris
301-975-4695
[email protected]
Information Technology Networks, Bioinformatics
Omid Omidvar
301-975-4401
[email protected]
HDTV, Digital Video, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Machine Vision, Virtual Reality, VLSI Design
Jayne Orthwein
301-975-3176
[email protected]
Learning Technologies, Medical Informatics, Information Technology, Business Processes
Roger Sies
301-975-3540
[email protected]
Business Specialist
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL ISSUES, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
Jana Gagner
301-975-5035
[email protected]
Office of the General Counsel, DoC
Barbara Lambis
301-975-4447
[email protected]
ATP Policy and Operations
Lois McDuffee
301-975-6359
[email protected]
NIST Grants Office
Barbara Newland
301-975-2161
[email protected]
ATP Competition Manager
Michael Rubin
301-975-2803
[email protected]
Deputy Chief Counsel for NIST
Shamim Shaikh
301-9750-5044
[email protected]
NIST Grants Office
George White
301-975-6328
[email protected]
NIST Grants Office

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