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Technology Innovation Program (TIP)

Program Information

Popular name

(TIP)

Program Number

11.616

Program objective

Technology Innovation Program (TIP), is a cost-shared federal financial assistance program to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    program discontinued 83000

  2. 2017

    program discontinued

  3. 2018

    program discontinued

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Implementing regulations are published at 15 C.F.R. Part 296. The TIP Proposal Preparation Kit is available at www.nist.gov/tip/helpful.html . This program is also subject to the provisions of 15 C.F.R. Part 14.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Federal
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Small business

Additional resources