Maine Technology Asset Fund Please note that all $50 million of MTAF funds have been allocated at this time (click here for the awards list).  This page is here for your information about Round One and Round Two of the MTAF application and review process. Review Process Second Round of Applications Closed on January 21, 2009. Click here for the list of applicants for the second round of awards. First Round of Applications Click here for the list of all applicants for the first round of awards. AAAS's panels of experts will review and rank order all applications for the second round of awards based on three criteria: Economic Growth and Impact (25 points), Scientific or Engineering Merit and Feasibility (25 points), Team and Institutional Merit and Commitment (20 points). Click here for the application written review form. The highest of the scored and ranked applications will be moved to the interview phase. Interviews Applicants will be invited to interview in person before a panel to address issues raised in the written review process and field questions from the interview panel. During the interview, reviewers will score and then rank order applications according to the following criteria: Scientific or Engineering Merit and Feasibility (25 points) Team and Institutional Merit and Commitment (20 points) Economic Growth and Impact (25 points) Relevance to Maine's Innovation Economy Needs (15 points) and Collaboration (15 points). The interview panel is comprised of AAAS-recruited experts from outside the State of Maine, who will score applicants on the first two criteria above: Scientific or Engineering Merit and Feasibility, and Team and Institutional Merit and Commitment. MTI Board members and experts with knowledge of Maine's innovation economy and research needs, selected by the MTI Board, will score applications on the last three criteria above: Economic Growth and Impact, Relevance to Maine's Innovation Economy Needs, and Collaboration. Subsequent to the interviews, AAAS will create a new rank ordered list of the interviewed applicants, based on the external and Maine reviewers' scores, and provide a written review for each application. AAAS will then forward to the MTI Board the new rank ordered list of applications that best meet the stated goals and criteria of the program.   Selection of Recipients The MTI Board approved the first round of awards on August 11, 2008. Read the list of 14 award recipients and project descriptions with total requests for $29,919.446. The second round award recipients for the $20 million balance of the fund will be announced on June 8, 2009. Contract or Award Agreement Click here for a sample copy of the award agreement for recipients. Questions and Answers MTI provides questions and answers asked during workshhops and via e-mail to provide a general interpretation of the Request for Applications for the second round of awards. MTI cannot guarantee that the general responses will apply in each case of each individual project; when there is a contradiction, the RFA will rule.