NIST is offering a grant inviting proposals for pilot projects to inform the future development of a national network of Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Centers (M-TACs). These pilots emphasize demonstrating technology transition and commercialization activities with small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers. The aim is to enhance their readiness to adopt advanced technologies, addressing technical and business challenges in integrating new processes and products. Operated by existing Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers in collaboration with other innovation resources, these pilots will create and test scalable business models for future M-TACs. The goal is to effectively serve thousands of small and mid-sized manufacturers annually, fostering their growth and competitiveness within U.S. supply chains.
Opportunity ID: 238195
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Center (M-TAC) Pilot Projects |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.611 — Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 23, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 28, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, September 23, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 23, 2013. Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, September 27, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, September 27, 2013. Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered. |
| Archive Date: | Oct 28, 2013 |
| 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 are existing MEP Centers. The term “existing MEP Centers” is defined as organizations who are currently the legal recipient of the MEP Base Center Award. Sub-awardees of those MEP Base Center Awards are not eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. Applicants are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements involving multiple MEP Centers such that manufacturing supply chain needs can be addressed on a local or regional level, and also have a broad geographic reach to facilitate leveraging of resources and access to manufacturers on a national scale. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to adequately demonstrate the leveraging of resources and competencies tied to the industry sectors, supply chains, and technology areas that are relevant to the local regions where the applicant team resides. This may include organizations that are working with, or as part of, state or local technology-based economic development strategies such as innovation clusters. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees and/or contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Description: | NIST invites proposals from eligible applicants to conduct approximately two (2) pilot projects that will inform future NIST investment leading to the development of a network of Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Centers (M-TACs). The emphasis of these pilots will be to demonstrate the conduct of technology transition and commercialization activities with small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers to foster their readiness to adopt and/or adapt advanced technologies into their manufacturing processes and products. The pilots will specifically focus on addressing the technical and business challenges encountered by small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers as they attempt to integrate, adopt, transition, and commercialize both existing and emerging product and process technologies into their operations to help them grow and compete within manufacturing supply chains as innovative, value-adding components of our nations economy.These pilots will be operated by existing Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers and are expected to work in collaboration with other existing resources, including research consortia and institutions such as those operating as part of or in conjunction with the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), state and local technology-based economic development intermediaries, industry associations, industry-university partnerships, and manufacturing organizations. The pilots will create and test business models for potential, future operationalized M-TACs that can scale up on a national level to serve the needs of significant numbers of small and mid-sized manufacturers on the order of thousands on an annual basis. The pilots will also document successes and challenges. |
| Link to Additional Information: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 Amended Full Announcement/FFO document |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hunton
Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email:christopher.hunton@nist.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| NIST is issuing this amendment (Amendment 1) to the 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 FFO to make five (5) changes. These changes provide:
1. extended time to submit proposals, See the amended Full Announcement/FFO document for full details. |
Aug 28, 2013 | |
| Aug 28, 2013 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Center (M-TAC) Pilot Projects |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.611 — Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | Jul 23, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 28, 2013 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, September 23, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 23, 2013. Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, September 27, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Friday, September 27, 2013. Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered. |
| Archive Date: | Oct 28, 2013 |
| 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 are existing MEP Centers. The term “existing MEP Centers” is defined as organizations who are currently the legal recipient of the MEP Base Center Award. Sub-awardees of those MEP Base Center Awards are not eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. Applicants are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements involving multiple MEP Centers such that manufacturing supply chain needs can be addressed on a local or regional level, and also have a broad geographic reach to facilitate leveraging of resources and access to manufacturers on a national scale. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to adequately demonstrate the leveraging of resources and competencies tied to the industry sectors, supply chains, and technology areas that are relevant to the local regions where the applicant team resides. This may include organizations that are working with, or as part of, state or local technology-based economic development strategies such as innovation clusters. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees and/or contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Description: | NIST invites proposals from eligible applicants to conduct approximately two (2) pilot projects that will inform future NIST investment leading to the development of a network of Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Centers (M-TACs). The emphasis of these pilots will be to demonstrate the conduct of technology transition and commercialization activities with small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers to foster their readiness to adopt and/or adapt advanced technologies into their manufacturing processes and products. The pilots will specifically focus on addressing the technical and business challenges encountered by small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers as they attempt to integrate, adopt, transition, and commercialize both existing and emerging product and process technologies into their operations to help them grow and compete within manufacturing supply chains as innovative, value-adding components of our nations economy.These pilots will be operated by existing Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers and are expected to work in collaboration with other existing resources, including research consortia and institutions such as those operating as part of or in conjunction with the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), state and local technology-based economic development intermediaries, industry associations, industry-university partnerships, and manufacturing organizations. The pilots will create and test business models for potential, future operationalized M-TACs that can scale up on a national level to serve the needs of significant numbers of small and mid-sized manufacturers on the order of thousands on an annual basis. The pilots will also document successes and challenges. |
| Link to Additional Information: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 Amended Full Announcement/FFO document |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hunton
Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email:christopher.hunton@nist.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Center (M-TAC) Pilot Projects |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings: | 11.611 — Manufacturing Extension Partnership |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 28, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday, September 23, 2013. Paper applications must be received by NIST no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, September 23, 2013. Applications received after the respective deadline will not be reviewed or considered. |
| Archive Date: | Oct 24, 2013 |
| 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 are existing MEP Centers. Applicants are strongly encouraged to form teaming arrangements involving multiple MEP Centers such that manufacturing supply chain needs can be addressed on a local or regional level, and also have a broad geographic reach to facilitate leveraging of resources and access to manufacturers on a national scale. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to adequately demonstrate the leveraging of resources and competencies tied to the industry sectors, supply chains, and technology areas that are relevant to the local regions where the applicant team resides. This may include organizations that are working with, or as part of, state or local technology-based economic development strategies such as innovation clusters. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees and/or contractors or other collaborators in a project proposal, effectively forming a team or consortium. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| Description: | NIST invites proposals from eligible applicants to conduct approximately two (2) pilot projects that will inform future NIST investment leading to the development of a network of Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Centers (M-TACs). The emphasis of these pilots will be to demonstrate the conduct of technology transition and commercialization activities with small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers to foster their readiness to adopt and/or adapt advanced technologies into their manufacturing processes and products. The pilots will specifically focus on addressing the technical and business challenges encountered by small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers as they attempt to integrate, adopt, transition, and commercialize both existing and emerging product and process technologies into their operations to help them grow and compete within manufacturing supply chains as innovative, value-adding components of our nations economy.
These pilots will be operated by existing Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers and are expected to work in collaboration with other existing resources, including research consortia and institutions such as those operating as part of or in conjunction with the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), state and local technology-based economic development intermediaries, industry associations, industry-university partnerships, and manufacturing organizations. The pilots will create and test business models for potential, future operationalized M-TACs that can scale up on a national level to serve the needs of significant numbers of small and mid-sized manufacturers on the order of thousands on an annual basis. The pilots will also document successes and challenges. |
| Link to Additional Information: | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 Full Announcement/FFO document |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christopher Hunton
Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email:christopher.hunton@nist.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 238195 Revised Full Announcement-1 -> 2013-nist-mep-mtac-01 ffo amended 8-28-13.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Christopher Hunton Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718 Email: christopher.hunton@nist.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.611 | 2013-NIST-MEP-MTAC-01 | Manufacturing Technology Acceleration Center (M-TAC) Pilot Projects | PKG00181697 | Jul 23, 2013 | Sep 27, 2013 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
238195 SF424-2.0.pdf
238195 CD511-1.1.pdf
238195 SF424B-1.1.pdf
238195 SF424A-1.0.pdf
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