Innovate America: The Technology Innovation Program at NIST

Andrew S Klein
Mrunal S Chapekar

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb301

Abstract:

9 August 2007, the US Congress established the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) through the America COMPETES Act, a comprehensive strategy to keep the United States, the most innovative nation in the world, competitive by strengthening scientific education and research, improving technological enterprise, attracting the world's best and brightest workers, and providing twenty-first century job training. The new program, TIP, is located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD (www.nist.gov\tip).

Keywords:NIST ,Advanced Technology Program ,ATP ,Technology Innovation Program ,TIP ,en ,