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NIST Announces 16 New Advanced Technology Program Awards of up to $35.46 million in ATP funding and an industry share of up to $22.28 million, if all projects are carried through to completion.

New blade technology that could make energy generation by wind turbines more efficient, virus-resistant tissues for skin grafts, a method for operating a car’s devices through conversational speech, and an automated Web-searching and data organizing software system are among the novel technologies to be developed by the private sector with support from 16 awards announced July 1 by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP) http://www.nist.gov/ .

The new awards represent a total of up to $35.46 million in ATP funding and an industry share of up to $22.28 million, if all projects are carried through to completion.

The ATP supports projects that industry cannot fully fund on its own because of significant technical risks. ATP awards are made on the basis of rigorous competitive peer review considering scientific and technical merit of each proposal. In addition, awards are based on the potential for broad based economic benefits; the need for ATP funding; and evidence of a clear commercialization pathway and broad diffusion.

A list of award winners is on the NIST Web site.
http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/atpaward0703.htm

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