Embedding MEP in NNMI Institutes Pilot Projects

The summary for the Embedding MEP in NNMI Institutes Pilot Projects grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.
Embedding MEP in NNMI Institutes Pilot Projects: NIST invites proposals from current MEP Centers to pilot test approaches to provide needed technology acceleration assistance to small and mid-sized U.S. manufacturers (referred to hereinafter as small 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 (hereinafter referred to as NIST MEP), and the Institutes participating in the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). 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 NNMI Institutes. These Pilots will embed personnel from MEP Centers in residence at NNMI Institutes, targeting the cultivation of enduring collaborations among small U.S. manufacturers, NNMI Institutes, and MEP Centers for the benefit of all these entities. The Pilots will accelerate the processes by which small U.S. manufacturers transition the latest and most compelling technological innovations into the manufactured goods needed by our Nation.
Federal Grant Title: Embedding MEP in NNMI Institutes Pilot Projects
Federal Agency Name: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Grant Categories: Other
Type of Opportunity: Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number: 2016-NIST-MEP-ENNMI-01
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 321390
CFDA Descriptions: Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Current Application Deadline: Jun 17, 2016 Electronic applications in response
Original Application Deadline: Jun 17, 2016 Electronic applications in response
Posted Date: Apr 19, 2016
Creation Date: Apr 19, 2016
Archive Date: Jul 17, 2016
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: none
Minimum Federal Grant Award: none
Expected Number of Awards: 7
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Category Explanation
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
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 or more of the current NNMI Institutes. NIST encourages project proposals involving participation from multiple MEP Centers and multiple NNMI Institutes, as well as other collaborating entities such as local economic development organizations, universities, community colleges, technology incubator programs, and other organizations.
Link to Full Grant Announcement
2016-NIST-MEP-ENNMI-01 Full Announcement/FFO document
Grant Announcement Contact
Christopher Hunton Management and Program Analyst Phone 301-975-5718
Agency Contact

National Institute of Standards and Technology 301-975-5718