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America Makes Opens Two New Project Calls Worth $1.75M in Funding

Additive Manufacturing, Announcement

AMERICA MAKES RAPID INNOVATION CALL (RIC) 2022 
The 2022 Rapid Innovation Call focuses on the advancement of AM technologies which addresses the needs of all members. NCDMM is soliciting competitive proposals supporting the America Makes mission of promoting and accelerating the development and deployment of innovative, cost-effective, energy-efficient AM technologies to meet defense and/or commercial needs. Submitted topics are reviewed and prioritized by the America Makes Roadmap Advisory Group.  

Launch: Thursday, October 13, 2022 
Eligibility: All participants must be America Makes members 
TRX Industry Day at AMIIC: Tuesday, October 19, 2022 
Submission Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2022, by 5 p.m. Eastern time 
Anticipated Award(s) Announcement: Friday, December 16, 2022 (up to four awards anticipated)                                    
More information, details, and participant guidelines for the RIC Project Call can be found at americamakes.us/project-calls.

 

STEEL (HY-80) WIRE-ARC ADDITIVE HEAT TREATMENT (SWAAHT) PROJECT CALL 
The Steel (HY-80) Wire-Arc Additive Heat Treatment (SWAAHT) Project Call, worth $1.35M in federal funding, seeks to inform and build modeling frameworks that the metal AM community can leverage when looking to optimize ferritic steel DED and post-build HT practices at scale.

Launch: Thursday, October 13, 2022 
Eligibility: Lead proposers must be current America Makes members in good standing by Friday, November 18, 2022. 
TRX Industry Day at AMIIC: Tuesday, October 19, 2022 
Submission Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2022, by 5 p.m. Eastern time. 
Anticipated Award(s) Announcement: Friday, December 23, 2022 

More information, details, and participant guidelines for the SWAAT Project Call can be found at americamakes.us/open-project-calls/