Technology Opportunities Program. 1996 and 1997 Projects

摘要

This report provides an evaluation and analysis of selected TechnologyOpportunities Program (TOP) grants that were awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This report evaluates TOP grants funded during the years of 1996 and 1997 that were no longer receiving funding as of June 2000, in particular, 1996 projects that were not surveyed in 1999 and that had been completed between January 1999 and June 2000, and 1997 projects that had been completed during the same period. The evaluation and key findings contained in this report summarize the results of a survey that was administered to the grant recipients between August and December of 2000. The report is organized into four sections: Section one provides an executive summary of the report focusing on the key findings, lessons learned, and impact of the TOP grants. Section two provides an overview of the TOP program, its mission, and goals, and also provides an overview of the study objectives, the methodology utilized to conduct the survey, and the survey design. The section also provides an introduction to the grantee organizations. Section three provides the key findings and the analysis of survey data related to each of the eight primary sections of the survey. This section includes 34 data tables which are designed to report the results of the survey analysis. All significant findings have been represented and discussed in the tables and text of this section. Please note that many of the tables report percentages which incorporate rounding based on standard rounding rules. Section four provides lessons learned, recommendations, and study conclusions.