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Sensor and automation technologies are vital, yet often unseen, components of virtually every industrial process. Acting as part of a plant's "nervous system," these technologies - along with next generation controls, information processing, robotics, and wireless technology - improve process efficiency. The Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) supports the advancement of these systems by conducting research and development (R&D) in Sensors and Automation (S&A), which benefit from a partnership process known as the Industries of the Future (IOF).
Through this partnership, we have worked with the technology users and developers to
- Create a wireless technology vision for the future
- Provide cost-shared funding for a portfolio of R&D projects
- Analyze opportunities for energy savings
- Share information through publications
- Apply advanced measurement and control technology solutions across multiple industries
Solicitations
ITP conducts a competitive solicitation process to award cost-shared funding for R&D projects that will help to realize national goals for energy and the environment. Projects are performed by collaborative partnerships and must address both energy and cost savings, and industry needs. S&A is not accepting solicitations until 2007. Feel free to browse other ITP sites for R&D opportunities.
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