Federal Announcements

On February 19, 2016 the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced a competition for the formation of up to two Manufacturing Innovation Institutes to join the growing National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). This competition will be the first NNMI solicitation in which proposals will be accepted on any advanced manufacturing topic.

As an open-topic competition, NIST will accept applications for a proposed Institute in any area of

On February 19, 2016, in conjunction with the Executive Office of the President, National Science and Technology Council, today U.S. Secretary of Commerce submitted to Congress the first-ever legislative reports required of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).

The history and status of the program and its partners is outlined in detail in the NNMI Annual Report , which complements the NNMI Strategic Plan . The institutes included in the report are those launched by the end

The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Headquarters Procurement Services on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), is soliciting quotes from all business vendors. The Statement of Work (SOW) for this RFQ falls under NAICS code 541613, Marketing Consulting Services. The successful vendor shall provide branding and marketing support to the EERE for The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The Contractor shall implement sound professional branding

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today it has issued a Notice of Intent to fund up to two institutes as part of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). For its first institutes, the Commerce Department will provide up to a total of $70 million per institute over five to seven years. Commerce funding must be matched by private and other non-federal sources. The institutes are expected to become self-sustainable within

America has long been a nation of innovators. The United States is the birthplace of the Internet, which today connects three billion people around the world. American scientists and engineers sequenced the human genome, invented the semiconductor, and sent humankind to the moon. And America is not done yet.

The face of manufacturing is rapidly changing and expanding across the country. Manufacturing has always represented so much of the best of what America has to offer – ingenuity, creativity, innovation, grit, persistence, teamwork – this time around we are seeing a shift in the look, goods, make-up and culture of so many of our manufacturing centers, in the heart of cities, in small towns, across rural America and Tribal Nations.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will lead a consortium to identify new and emerging areas of advanced manufacturing that would benefit from shared public-private investment in research and development, education and training.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of Energy is announcing up to $70 million in funding for the next Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute, which will be focused on smart manufacturing. With this investment, the Department aims to support research and development advancements that can reduce the cost of deployment for technologies such as advanced sensors, controls, platforms, and modeling for manufacturing by as much as 50 percent. As part of President Obama’s National Network

As part of the Department of Defense effort to partner with the private sector and academia to ensure the United States continues to lead in the new frontiers of manufacturing, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter will announce today that the Obama administration will award a Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Flexible Hybrid Electronics to a consortium of 162 companies, universities, and non-profits led by the FlexTech Alliance.

The announcement follows a highly competitive nationwide bid

This Institute is focused on developing an end-to-end integrated photonics ecosystem in the U.S., including domestic foundry access, integrated design tools, automated packaging, assembly and test, and workforce development. The Institute will develop and demonstrate innovative manufacturing technologies for: Ultra-high-speed transmission of signals for the internet and telecommunications New high-performance information-processing systems and computing Compact sensor applications enabling dramatic medical advances in diagnostics and treatment Multi-sensor applications including urban navigation, free space optical communications and quantum information sciences Other diverse military applications including electronic warfare, analog RF sensing, communications, and chemical/biological detection