At ATP's Fall Meeting (Advanced Technology Program**), companies and
universities can explore the use of university/industry alliances
for doing high-risk R&D.  Please share this message and forward it
to your colleagues. Thank you.

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ATP's upcoming Fall Meeting will feature a special workshop on R&D
alliances between universities and companies. A panel of ATP
awardees who have already forged successful alliances between
industry and academia will answer questions, share best practices,
and highlight the value and the benefits of pursuing ATP funding
through collaborative alliances.  Companies that want to partner
with top-notch technical expertise at a university --- or
universities seeking to commercialize enabling innovations ---
should attend the workshop in Atlanta on November 17,  1998.  More
details about this and other workshops being held at the ATP Fall
Meeting are available at http://www.atp.nist.gov/fallmeeting. Or
contact Robert Bloksberg-Fireovid (xxxxxx@nist.gov;
ph: 301-975-5457). In addition, general information about R&D
alliances can be found at http://www.atp.nist.gov/alliance

** The U.S. Department of Commerce's Advanced Technology Program
(ATP) provides partial funding to U.S. companies for the
development of high-risk technologies that could provide
significant spillover benefits to the nation's economy.  Single
applicants can receive up to $2 million over three years; and
while there is no statutory limit to the amount of money which
'joint venture' applicants can receive, JV projects cannot last
longer than five years.  Awardees must cost share; and
governmental, university and other non-profit research
institutions are encouraged to collaborate with companies in
ATP projects.  Between 1990 and 1997, ATP has provided funding
for high-risk, industrial R&D to the tune of $1.2 billion. 194
of the 352 R&D projects supported by ATP have provided a
combined $100 million to 126 different universities.