AIM Photonics would like to invite those who have interest to submit proposals to be included in the AIM Photonics Government Directed Project: BIOlogical, Integrated, Novel, Silicon Photonics for Efficient Characterization and Testing (BIO INSPECT). Available federal funding: Up to two awards are anticipated under this program (AIM Photonics GDP6) at approximately $1,150,000.00 per award. Additional federal funding may become available in future years; however, it is expected that any future work will build on the results of this effort.
GDPs offer a compelling way for the U.S. Government to take advantage of the capabilities developed by the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) and leverage the utility of the AIM Photonics Cooperative Agreement. GDPs enable the government to provide additional funding to accomplish beyond what is possible using the Government’s base investment alone. Funding opportunities such as these provide value back to the overall ecosystem as well as AIM Photonics Members to help improve and enhance the overall capabilities of AIM Photonics. As such, within the broad field of biology there have been many recent advancements that have sought to take advantage of modern scientific discoveries.