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2025-NIST-CHIPS-AIAE-SUSTAINABILITY-01: CHIPS AI/AE for Rapid, Industry-informed Sustainable Semiconductor Materials and Processes (CARISSMA) Competition

Closed Closed January 13, 2025 Opportunity 2025-NIST-CHIPS-AIAE-SUSTAINABILITY-01 ☆ Save

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• Expected awards10
• Award amountsNot given on Grants.gov
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeOther

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

• Under this NOFO, eligible applicants are domestic accredited institutions of higher education and domestic non-profit or for-profit organizations that manage consortia of accredited institutions of higher education. A domestic entity is one that is incorporated within the United States (including a U.S. territory) with its principal place of business in the United States (including a U.S. territory). Eligible applicants may submit only one concept paper and, if invited, one full application. • Eligible subrecipients under this NOFO include accredited institutions of higher education; for-profit organizations or non-profit organizations; State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments; Federally Funded Research and Development Centers; Federal entities; foreign partners; and other entities eligible to participate as applicants. Eligible subrecipients may participate in multiple applications.• Vendors selling goods or services in the ordinary course of business are not considered subrecipients under this NOFO.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Most of the program's money (51% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

Subject to the availability of funds, this NOFO seeks applications for industry-informed, university-based artificial intelligence-powered autonomous experimentation (AI/AE) collaborations, including research and development, education and workforce development, and related activities relevant to sustainable semiconductor materials and processes. If successful, awards made under this NOFO will support the long-term viability of next-generation domestic semiconductor manufacturing, accelerating the discovery, design, synthesis, and adoption of materials and processes, and the development of new researchers needed to meet the industry’s technology, economic, and sustainability goals.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

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