SERVICES & ACTIVITIES
SERVICES
ATIP Foundation fosters cooperative relationships between member institutions to address critical needs and maintain global competitiveness for the emergence and growth of the agriculture and agribusiness industry. Important metrics to assess the Foundation’s effectiveness include the number of Cooperative Research & Development Agreements (CRADA’s), Material Transfer Agreements (MTA’s) and Patent License Agreements (PLA’s) linked to Foundation-facilitated activities, as well as conference presentations, technology showcases and “forums” delivering solutions to the ag sector, and amount of funded research projects.
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ACTIVITIES​
Since its founding in 2011, the ATIP Foundation has been engaged in a number of diverse activities ranging from the establishment of Public-Private Partnerships for specific pilot projects (2012-2015), convening regional forums related to aspects of advancing the bioeconomy (2016-2017), and a regional initiative for establishment of a sustainable, scalable, replicable model focused on job creation and economic development to develop, produce, and utilize biochar in a 16- county area of North Texas (2017-2018).