Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) State Partnership Support Project

Post Date

December 16th 2015

Application Due Date

February 29th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

2016-NIST-MEP-STATE-PARTNERSHIP-01

CFDA Number(s)

11.611

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Manufacturing Extension Partnership

Eligibility Categories

Other

Applicants must be a U.S.-based for-profit or not-for-profit institution or organization. An eligible organization may work individually or may include proposed subawards to eligible organizations or proposed contracts with any other organization as part of the applicantмs proposal, effectively forming a team.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST invites proposals from eligible organizations to provide in-depth collaborative support in developing and advancing stakeholder relationships that are critical to the success of the MEP program, based on the recipientмs expertise and knowledge of State manufacturing and technology agendas. NIST MEP is a federal-state-industry partnership program. The MEP system of Centers and field offices throughout the U.S. provides a mechanism to integrate federal and state public policy goals, respond to market forces and address the needs of manufacturing sectors and of individual manufacturers. To make the most of this partnership, NIST MEP strives to balance the priorities of U.S. national policy with those of state partners to create a robust and effective program providing U.S. manufacturers with the tools they need to grow and remain globally competitive. Stakeholders include not only state-based partners but also sub-state partners that are based at the county, community, and city levels, as well as regional partners that extend beyond state boundary lines.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Management and Program Analyst
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  grants@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2016-NIST-MEP-STATE-PARTNERSHIP-01 Full Announcement/FFO document