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  • NIST to Back 12 Manufacturing Partnership Centers in US, Puerto Rico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Back 12 Manufacturing Partnership Centers in US, Puerto Rico

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology will obligate $36 million in annual  funds to 12 organizations to run Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers that will support small- and medium-sized manufacturers. NIST said Thursday the organizations will operate the MEP facilities in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Puerto Rico under cooperative agreements that […] More

  • NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Awards Tech R&D Grants to 19 Small Businesses

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen 19 small businesses to receive grants worth a combined $3.3 million to research and develop a wide range of technology platforms. NIST chose the companies based on their submitted R&D proposals that seek to address advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, biomanufacturing, cyber-physical, technology transfer and advanced sensing for manufacturing challenges, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. DOC noted grantees […] More

  • NIST to Fund Organizations in 11 States to Operate Manufacturing Centers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST to Fund Organizations in 11 States to Operate Manufacturing Centers

    The Commerce Department‘s National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun the fourth round of competitions for cooperative funding agreement opportunities for Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers across 11 states. NIST said Thursday it will provide a potential $60 million to fund organizations in Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Wyoming to operate the MEP […] More

  • NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Seeks 2 New Institutes for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a solicitation for proposals on two future institutes that will become part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation. Each institute will receive up to $70 million in federal funds over five years through a cooperative agreement and has to meet any advanced manufacturing need that has […] More

  • NIST, Maryland Tech Investment Org Ink Licensing Deal for Researchers; Willie May Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST, Maryland Tech Investment Org Ink Licensing Deal for Researchers; Willie May Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Maryland Technology Development Corp. have forged an agreement to award up to $112,000 in grants for a research project in an effort to help businesses commercialize their products. TEDCO will manage the science and technology entrepreneurship program to fund a technology within a one-year completion period, NIST said Wednesday. TEDCO […] More

  • Willie May: NIST Report on 2012 Federal Tech Transfer to Support Future Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Willie May: NIST Report on 2012 Federal Tech Transfer to Support Future Efforts

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a report on the government’s technology transfer activities in fiscal 2012 in support of the Lab-to-Market Cross-Agency Priority Goal under the President’s Management Agenda in 2014. NIST said Tuesday the report provides a baseline for measuring the government’s performance toward fulfilling the technology transfer CAP goal. “We will use future editions of this […] More