Economic Analysis of the National Need for Technology Infrastructure to Support the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI)

Post Date

May 29th 2015

Application Due Date

July 28th 2015

Applications must be received electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Applications received after this deadline will not be reviewed or considered.

Funding Opportunity Number

2015-NIST-TPO-01

CFDA Number(s)

11.609

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

Eligibility for the program listed in this FFO is unrestricted, that is, open to all non-Federal entities. Eligible applicants include accredited institutions of higher education; non-profit organizations; for-profit organizations incorporated in the United States; and state, local, territorial and Indian tribal governments within the United States. An eligible organization may work individually or include proposed subawardees, contractors or other collaborators in a project, effectively forming a team or consortium. An eligible organization may only submit one application. Federal agencies may participate in projects but may not receive NIST funding.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

NIST is soliciting applications from eligible applicants to assess the economic impacts of meeting the Nationмs need for technology infrastructure to support the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). Advanced materials are essential to economic security and human well-being, with applications in industries aimed at addressing challenges in clean energy, national security, and human welfare, yet it can take 20 or more years to move a material after initial discovery to the market. This prospective (strategic planning) study involves, at a minimum, expertise in the following disciplines: technology assessment, high-tech industry behavioral and structural analyses, microeconomic modeling of complex technology development and commercialization patterns, high-tech industry survey and data collection techniques, and quantitative and qualitative analyses of technology infrastructure gaps that are inhibiting the advancement of technologies. The goal of the analysis is to identify gaps in the Nationмs technology infrastructure needed to support the MGI and estimate the economic value of eliminating these gaps. The specific goals of this study are to: (1) assess the technological and economic trends in the research, development, adoption and deployment of MGI related technologies, including demonstrated and anticipated adopters of MGI technology; (2) assess gaps in the technology infrastructure associated with the efficient domestic development of highly complex emerging materials research technologies; (3) assess qualitatively these gaps in terms of industry investment criteria and research mechanisms used, (4) determine the quantitative empirical rankings of the economic benefit of eliminating these gaps based on novel data and modelling; and (5) assess the implied U.S. and international government policy responses, specific to phases in the R&D cycle, technology transfer efforts and subsequent scale-up (capital formation).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Grants Technical Assistant
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  christopher.hunton@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2015-NIST-TPO-01 Full Announcement/FFO document