NIST is soliciting applications for financial assistance for Fiscal
Year 2025 (FY25) within the following NIST grant programs:
(1) Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services
(ADIIS);
(2) Associate Director for Laboratory Programs (ADLP);
(3) CHIPS Research & Development Program Office (CRDO);
(4) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL);
(5) Engineering Laboratory (EL);
(6) Fire Research (FR);
(7) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL);
(8) International and Academic Affairs Office (IAAO);
(9) Material Measurement Laboratory (MML);
(10) NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR);
(11) Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML);
(12) Special Programs Office (SPO); and
(13) Standards Coordination Office (SCO).
NIST’s mission is to drive innovation and industrial competitiveness through measurement science and standards by cultivating a culture of belonging that integrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in all ways of working. One component of this mission is NIST’s ongoing effort to develop a diverse, world-class pool of scientists and engineers to engage in NIST's measurement science and standards research, and to support the development of a general population that understands and appreciates measurement science and standards. NIST also seeks to collaborate with a wide range of organizations, including but not limited to minority-serving institutions such as Historically Black colleges and universities, as well as community colleges, in support of NIST's mission.
Applications will be accepted and considered on a rolling basis
as they are received.
This NOFO is open to all non-Federal entities to include, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, for profit organizations, state and local governments, Indian tribes, hospitals, foreign public entities, and foreign governments. Individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not
considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply under this NOFO. NIST seeks to collaborate with a wide range of organizations and encourages minority-serving institutions of higher education and community colleges to apply.
See solicitation for details.