A Successful Program Comes to an End

OIDA News - December 2007

 

A Successful Program Comes to an End

 

OIDA issued the final solicitation of the Photonics Technology Access Program [PTAP] on December 7, 2007, with a due date of January 30, 2008. Since the Program officially ends in July 2008, OIDA made changes to the solicitation to reflect the relatively short timeline to review proposals, issue purchase orders, and pay the vendors.

The National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have sponsored PTAP for over five years. During this time, researchers from over 85 different academic institutions and 110 vendors have participated in the program. Hundreds of faculty, research staff graduate and undergraduate students have benefited from the devices procured with PTAP funds. The program successfully built and strengthened relationships between academic researchers and industry. OIDA is proud to have been able to act as the broker for this activity.

 

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