The following reports should be prepared by the persons with primary responsibility for developing and executing business strategies leading to commercialization of the technologies resulting from the ATP-funded project. A questionnaire format is used to facilitate efficient reporting and analysis. Because members of a joint venture have different business goals and different roles in commercialization and diffusion of the ATP-funded technology, each member of a joint venture, as well as each single applicant, has a business reporting responsibility and must file a separate report.

The Economic Assessment Office, ATP, will provide materials customized for the individual reporting organizations in time for preparation of the reports on a timely basis.

Baseline Report

When Due: Thirty days after the end of the first calendar quarter of ATP funding. If you begin your project during a calendar quarter, the Baseline Report is due thirty days after the end of that quarter.

Contents: In this report we ask you to identify potential areas of application of the technology (e.g., consumer electronics, avionics, medical devices), key attributes of the technology needed to achieve these goals (e.g., quantitative cost, size, performance characteristics) and planned strategies for commercialization (e.g., in-house production, licensing, strategic alliances, etc.); to identify strategies for protecting intellectual property; and to identify plans for dissemination of non-proprietary information.

Format: Over the Internet using a secure NIST web site.

Quarterly Short-Form Reports

When Due: Thirty days after the end of the second, third, and fourth quarters annually. No Short-Form Report is due for the Baseline or Anniversary quarters.

Contents: In this brief report we ask you to review the organization address/telephone/contact information currently recorded in the ATP database and to report significant business developments related to the ATP project for the quarter.

Format: Hard copy, fax, or e-mail.

Sample Short-Form Report: An example of the questions in this report.

Anniversary Report

When Due: One year after the Baseline Report and subsequently on an annual basis over the duration of the ATP project.

Contents: In this report, we ask you to update information provided in the Baseline or prior Anniversary Reports. The Anniversary Report expands upon the Baseline Report to cover progress towards implementing commercialization strategies (e.g., an agreement with company X--an end user--for testing laboratory prototypes); early economic impacts of the ATP project; collaboration experiences; attraction of new funding; new intellectual property created; dissemination of information through conferences, publications, and other mechanisms; and a summary of company financial data.

Format: Over the Internet using a secure NIST web site.

Close-out Report

When Due: Ninety days after end of ATP project performance period.

Contents: In this part we ask you to review and update information presented in prior anniversary reports in light of your technical accomplishments. In addition, we ask you to identify anticipated remaining technical and business barriers to commercialization of the technology, to define your specific business goals related to the ATP funded technology for the five-year period following the end of ATP funding, and to consider future effects of the ATP project outside your organization.

Format: Over the Internet using a secure NIST web site.

Post-Project Reports

When Due: Report three times--once every two years following the end of ATP funding.

Contents: In this report we ask you to report your actual progress in commercializing the technology, and the related impacts inside and outside your organization.

Format: Telephone survey.

Date created: June 1996
Last updated: March 31, 2004