Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Availability of Funds for three regions including the Chicago region of the state of Illinois

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	Federal Grant Title:	Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Availability of Funds for three regions including the Chicago region of the state of Illinois
	CFDA Number:	11.611
	CFDA Description:	Manufacturing Extension Partnership
	Federal Agency Name:	National Institute of Standards and Technology
	Category of Funding Activity:	Other
	Category Explanation:	Manufacturing Extension Services
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	2010-NIST-MEP-CHICAGO
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Feb 18, 2010
	Creation Date:	Feb 18, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 12, 2010 All electronic applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 12, 2010. All paper applications must be postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 12, 2010.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 12, 2010 All electronic applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 12, 2010. All paper applications must be postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 12, 2010.
	Archive Date:	May 12, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	1
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	Information not provided
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Each Award recipient must be a U.S.-based not-for-profit institution or organization. For the purpose of this solicitation, not-for-profit organizations include universities and state and local governments. Eligible applicants may be consortia of non-profit institutions. Existing MEP manufacturing extension centers are eligible.
Grant Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology invites proposals from qualified organizations for funding projects that provide manufacturing extension services to primarily small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States. These projects will establish manufacturing extension centers under the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program. Proposals are invited for the establishment or continuation of manufacturing extension service within three discrete geographic areas in the United States. One of these three areas is the the Chicago region of the state of Illinois, which includes McHenry, Kane, DuPage, Cooke, Chicago, Will and Lake counties, and that area is covered by Federal Funding Opportunity number 2010-NIST-MEP-CHICAGO. The objective of these centers is to enhance productivity, technological performance, and strengthen the global competitiveness of small- and medium-sized U.S. based manufacturing firms. These manufacturing extension centers will become part of the MEP national system of extension service providers. Currently, the MEP national system consists of over 400 centers and field offices located throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Information regarding MEP and these centers is provided in the information packet that can be obtained at www.grants.gov with additional background information provided at http://www.mep.nist.gov. The objective of the projects funded under this program is to provide manufacturing extension services to primarily small- and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States. These services are provided through the coordinated efforts of a regionally-based manufacturing extension center and local technology resources. The management and operational structure of the manufacturing extension center is not prescribed, but should be based upon the characteristics of the manufacturers in the regional and locally available resources with demonstrated experience working with manufacturers. The proposal should include plans for integration into the MEP national system and linkages to appropriate national resources. The focus of the center is to provide those manufacturing extension services required by the small- and medium-sized manufacturers in its service region utilizing the most cost effective, local, leveraged resources for those services. It is not the intent of this program that the centers perform research and development.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://mep.nist.gov/documents/pdf/about-mep/2010%20mep%20ffo%20chicago%20arizona%20central%20pa%20final.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Christopher Hunton Grants Technical Assistant Phone 301-975-5718

Agency Contact [christopher.hunton@nist.gov]
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