Advanced Technology: Proposal Review Process and Treatment of
Foreign-Owned Businesses (Letter Report, 01/18/94, GAO/RCED-94-81).

This report reviews the implementation of the Advanced Technology
Program, which seeks to help U.S. businesses create and apply the
generic technology and research necessary to rapidly commercialize major
scientific discoveries and new technologies and to refine manufacturing
technologies.  Funding for the program, which is run by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, rose from $68 million in fiscal
year 1993 to $200 million in fiscal year 1994--a 194-percent increase.
GAO discusses (1) how the program limits its awards to research and
development on "precompetitive generic technology" and (2) the treatment
of foreign-owned businesses that submit proposals for awards.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-81
     TITLE:  Advanced Technology: Proposal Review Process and Treatment 
             of Foreign-Owned Businesses
      DATE:  01/18/94
   SUBJECT:  Research and development
             Research programs
             Research program management
             Program evaluation
             Scientific research
             Foreign corporations
             Technology transfer
             Evaluation criteria
             Business assistance
             Research grants
IDENTIFIER:  NIST Advanced Technology Program
             
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