Following the presidential approval on May 17, 2003, and the signing of the Managed Fund Agreement in March 2004, the NADDC Auto Development Funds (NADDC ADF) was launched. The NADDC ADF has since its establishment received applications from industry practitioners and research institutions. Key considerations in processing these applications have been the selection of projects that will ensure the rapid realization of Nigeria’s import deletion program objective, and those found to advance the frontiers of technology acquisition and transfer.