NIST is offering a grant to current MEP Centers to pilot test collaboration approaches with Manufacturing USA Institutes. The emphasis is on leveraging MEP Program assets to provide technology acceleration assistance to small U.S. manufacturers in alignment with Manufacturing USA Institutes’ focus areas. Proposals should aim to establish effective partnerships and yield tangible results in advancing manufacturing technologies. Closing date: Dec 01, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 289535
General Information
Document Type: | Grants Notice |
Funding Opportunity Number: | 2017-NIST-MEP-EMUSA-01 |
Funding Opportunity Title: | Embedding MEP in Manufacturing USA Institutes Pilot Projects – Round Two |
Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
Category Explanation: | Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
Assistance Listings: | 11.611 — Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
Version: | Synopsis 1 |
Posted Date: | Oct 17, 2016 |
Last Updated Date: | – |
Original Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 01, 2016 |
Current Closing Date for Applications: | Dec 01, 2016 |
Archive Date: | Dec 31, 2016 |
Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
Award Ceiling: | – |
Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants for this program are MEP Centers receiving current cooperative agreement funding from NIST. An applicant MEP Center must form a collaboration, teaming arrangement, or other appropriate relationship with one (1) or more of the four (4) Manufacturing USA Institutes identified in Section I. of this FFO. These four (4) Manufacturing USA Institutes are not currently hosting embedded MEP Center representatives in residence at their Institute locations as the result of the 2016-NIST-MEP-ENNMI-01 funding opportunity. These four Manufacturing USA Institutes are: America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute; Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT); The Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) Institute, and The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute. |
Additional Information
Agency Name: | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
Description: | NIST invites proposals from current MEP Centers to pilot test approaches to providing needed technology acceleration assistance to small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers through the establishment of meaningful and results oriented collaborations between the nationwide system of Centers operating as part of the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program and the public-private manufacturing innovation Institutes operating as part of Manufacturing USA (previously known as the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), and referred to as Manufacturing USA Institutes). The emphasis of these Pilot Projects will be to demonstrate ways to more fully leverage the assets and resources of the national MEP Program to provide assistance to small U.S. manufacturers in technology areas that are the focus of the Manufacturing USA Institutes. |
Link to Additional Information: | 2017-NIST-MEP-EMUSA-01 Full Announcement/FFO document |
Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hunton
Management and Program Analyst Phone 301-975-5718 Email:grants@nist.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 289535 Full Announcement-2017-NIST-MEP-EMUSA-01 FFO -> 2017-NIST-MEP-EMUSA-01 FFO.pdf
Packages
Agency Contact Information: | Christopher Hunton Management and Program Analyst Phone 301-975-5718 Email: grants@nist.gov |
Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
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11.611 | 2017-NIST-MEP-EMUSA-01 | Embedding MEP in Manufacturing USA Institutes Pilot Projects – Round Two | PKG00228673 | Oct 17, 2016 | Dec 01, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
289535 SF424-2.0.pdf
289535 CD511-1.1.pdf
289535 SF424B-1.1.pdf
289535 SF424A-1.0.pdf