Economic Impact of the Nation’s Precision Timing Infrastructure: The Global Positioning System

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Economic Impact of the Nation’s Precision Timing Infrastructure: The Global Positioning System: NIST invites applications from eligible applicants to assess the economic impact of the Nation’s Space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). Specifically, the awardee, in collaboration with NIST, will identify key technologies developed by and transferred from federal laboratories that support GPS, estimate the qualitative and quantitative economic impact of these investments, and sponsor certain focused graduate and post-doctoral research. The applicant will conduct a retrospective analysis to estimate national benefits that have been realized by GPS and not project future benefits of GPS. The goals of this study are to: (1) identify and analyze the federal research and technology transfer activities and outputs that significantly impacted research, development, adoption and deployment of space-based GPS and the associated technology infrastructure related to applications with critical need for precision timing; (2) conduct a detailed analysis of the impacts of the use of GPS and precise time measurements across an array of applications, industries and throughout supply chains; (3) conduct a qualitative assessment of these impacts of GPS, precision timing and the associated technology infrastructure; (4) conduct a quantitative empirical assessment of the national economic impact of GPS, precision timing and the associated technology infrastructure; (5) draw upon its qualitative and quantitative analyses of federal R&D and technology transfer activities to identify lessons relevant to future GPS and timing investments; and (6) sponsor graduate and post-doctoral research thereby contributing to the development of the next generation of researchers focused on science, R&D and technology transfer impact analysis.
Federal Grant Title: Economic Impact of the Nation’s Precision Timing Infrastructure: The Global Positioning System
Federal Agency Name: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Grant Categories: Other
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 2016-NIST-TPO-01
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 319501
CFDA Descriptions: Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach
Current Application Deadline: May 6, 2016
Original Application Deadline: May 6, 2016
Posted Date: Mar 7, 2016
Creation Date: Mar 7, 2016
Archive Date: Jun 5, 2016
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: none
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards:
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Category Explanation
Science, Technology, Business, and/or Education Outreach.
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligibility for this program is open to accredited institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations. While an eligible applicant must be incorporated in the United States, the applicant may have a parent organization outside the United States.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
2016-NIST-TPO-01 Full Announcement/FFO document
Grant Announcement Contact
Christopher Hunton Management Program Analyst Phone 301-975-5718
Agency Contact

National Institute of Standards and Technology 301-975-5718