At a glance
NIST’s Measurement Science and Engineering Research Grant Programs fund extramural research and related activities in measurement science, standards, and technology. Eligible applicants are organizations, and the announcement says NIST seeks to collaborate with a wide range of groups, including minority-serving institutions and community colleges. The programs cover areas such as industry partnerships, laboratory research, semiconductor and microelectronics, communications, wireless networks, spectrum, and smart connected systems, and some support may go to conferences, workshops, studies, and technical meetings. The text does not state a general award size, number of awards, cost-share requirement, or geographic restriction, but it does say NIST cannot be an official sponsor or co-sponsor of funded events and that CRDO funding cannot go to a foreign entity of concern. The ADIIS program also says it will not fund new MEP Centers, MEP Center capability expansion through an MEP Center applicant, or NIST SBIR activities.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
To support activities that develop, expand, strengthen, or sustain NIST partnership programs and/or support the conduct of research or a recipient's portion of collaborative research in a variety of areas including, but not limited to: Metrology; S tandards; N anotechnology; A rtificial I ntelligence; A dvanced C ommunications; A dvanced M anufacturing; P romotion of U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness; M easurements in S ciences; N eutron R esearch; and enhancing coordination of the U.S. S tandards S ystem with government and private sector organizations.
Who can apply
- Others