Advanced Manufacturing

Department Of Commerce, National Institute Of Standards And Technology

To support the conduct of measurement science, standards development research, and collaborative efforts within the mission of NIST’s Engineering Laboratory’s (EL’s) Advanced Manufacturing Program.

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Helps small manufacturers improve their processes through research and collaboration on advanced technologies. Provides support for developing new measurement tools and standards in manufacturing.

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Funding
$500,000 - $500,000
Deadline
Rolling
Status
Rolling Intake
Category
Research & Innovation Partnerships
Organization
Department Of Commerce, National Institute Of Standards And Technology

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What Is This Program?

The EL Advanced Manufacturing grant program supports research and collaborative activities that advance measurement science and standards in intelligent systems and advanced manufacturing systems integration. Areas of particular interest include measurement methods and tools, test artifacts, performance metrics, and associated reference data and software, integration standards and new science based methods and tools for validating compliance to standards, performance metrics, measurement methods and tools, test artifacts, and associated reference data and software for advanced manufacturing using robotic and autonomous systems; additive manufacturing using metals; augmented intelligence for manufacturing including sensing, prognostics, and health management; emergency response robot performance and metrics; circular economy for manufacturing; additive manufacturing data collection and processing; digital twin; biomanufacturing; benefit-cost analysis, life-cycle costing, multi-criteria decision analysis, life-cycle system science, decision science, and econometrics to evaluate new technologies.

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jason.averill@nist.gov
301-975-2585

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