America COMPETES Act of 2007

Citation America COMPETES Act, Pub. L. No. 110-69.

Overview
The America COMPETES Act created the new Technology Innovation Program (TIP) to replace the Advanced Technology Program (ATP).

The Act also authorized, but did not fund, a new NIST program of partnerships between industry and other educational or research institutions to develop new manufacturing processes, techniques, or materials. In addition, a manufacturing fellowship program would be created with stipends available for post-doctoral work at NIST. These activities differ from the established Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) effort where no new manufacturing research is conducted as existing manufacturing technology is applied to the needs of small and medium-sized firms.