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Opportunity Information: Apply for 2008 TIP 01

• The National Institute of Standards and Technology in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Technology Innovation Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Sep 10, 2008 and posted on Jul 9, 2008.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Sep 15, 2008 Due to technical difficulties, NIST is extending the deadline for proposal submission for its Technology Innovation Program competition to 3 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, September 15, 2008. NIST will accept only paper submissions during the extended time period. Paper submissions must be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4701, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 4701. Please note that for paper submissions the Program requires one original and fifteen (15) copies of the proposal. The new Federal Register Notice with the updated application submission deadline can be found on the TIP web site (link given below), and applicants are advised to read it. Application forms, instructions and further details can be found in the TIP Proposal Preparation Kit on the TIP web site http://www.nist.gov/tip/comp08apply.html. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 9 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• A U.S. owned, single, small sized or medium sized company doing a majority of its business in the United States or a joint venture may apply for TIP funding. Members of joint ventures that are companies must also be doing a majority of their business in the United States. In addition, a company incorporated in the United States that has a parent company incorporated in another country may apply provided that certain requirements are met as discussed below. The term business or company means a for profit organization, including sole proprietors, partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), and corporations (15 C.F.R. 296.2). a. Single Company a small sized or medium sized company. If the single company proposal includes contractors, the single company must be substantially involved in the RD, with a leadership role in the project and defining the research agenda. b. Joint Venture a business arrangement that includes either (1) At least two separately owned small sized or medium sized for profit companies that are both substantially involved in the project and both of which are contributing to the cost sharing requirement, with the lead entity of the joint venture being either a small sized or medium sized company or (2) At least one small sized or medium sized for profit company and one institution of higher education or other organization, such as a national laboratory, governmental laboratory (not including NIST), or nonprofit research institute, that are both substantially involved in the project and both of which are contributing to the cost sharing requirement, with the lead entity of the joint venture being either that small sized or medium sized company or that institution of higher education. TIP joint venture members must formally agree (i.e., sign a Joint Venture Agreement as discussed in Chapter 3, Section D) to collaborate on the project. The joint venture may include additional companies, institutions of higher education, and other organizations, such as national laboratories, governmental laboratories (not including NIST), and nonprofit research institutes, that may or may not contribute nonfederal funds to the project. A large sized company is not eligible to apply for TIP funding. A large sized company is defined as any business, including any parent company plus related subsidiaries, having annual revenues in excess of 1.63 billion. This number is based on the May 2008 issue of Fortune magazine s Fortune 1000 list. (Note that the revenue amount will be updated annually and will be noted in future annual announcements of availability of funds.) A company incorporated in the United States that has a parent company incorporated in another country is eligible to participate and receive TIP funding if it meets the conditions in the TIP legislation (15 U.S.C. 278n(l)(1)) and regulations (15 C.F.R. 296.5). Before making a final award, TIP will make a foreign eligibility finding based on these conditions regarding the company s participation in a TIP project. The foreign eligibility finding involves the collection of evidence of whether the following conditions are met a. The company s participation in the TIP project would be in the economic interest of the United States, and b. The home country of the parent company provides all of the following (1) Comparable opportunities to those afforded to any other company for U.S. owned companies to participate in government funded programs similar to TIP, (2) Comparable local investment opportunities to those afforded to any other company for U.S. owned companies, and (3) Adequate and effective protection of U.S. owned companies intellectual property rights.

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