On November 4, DOE, in partnership with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), announced $2 million in funding to advance the adoption of smart manufacturing technologies and processes across the manufacturing sector to increase productivity, save energy, and boost competitiveness across energy-intensive industries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public input on the development of up to three new Manufacturing USA institutes focused on semiconductor manufacturing. The institutes, authorized by the recently passed Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act...

The ARM Institute has now publicly released our 22-01 Technology Project Call. There are several unique and new aspects to our Technology Project Call, including:

Project teams can request up to $1M per project. A minimum 1:1 cost share is required for all submissions. The overall ARM budget for this project call will be approximately $10M. This...

The ARM Institute has two active Project Calls:

ARM-TEC-21-03: This Technology Project Call is based on several specific priorities provided by the Department of the Air Force in manufacturing and sustainment and features two Special Topic Areas: (1) Augmented Reality for Manufacturing & Sustainment and (2) Depot Factory AI Robotics. We will host...

America Makes has announced a Rapid Innovation Call (RIC) for proposals supporting its mission of promoting and accelerating the development and deployment of innovative, cost effective, energy-efficient additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to meet defense and/or commercial needs. The RIC focuses on the maturation of AM technologies across six...