The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $963,000 Project Grant (CFDA 11.617 - Congressionally-Identified Projects) to Seton Hall University to enhance the research capabilities of the Advanced Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory (AMSCL). The purpose is to enable research on low-temperature plasmas used in advanced manufacturing. The enhanced facilities will provide independent control, variation, and optimization of neutral, ion, electron, and photon...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $3,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to Louisiana Tech University. The purpose of this 2-year grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, is to update and enhance the capabilities of Louisiana Tech's Institute for Micromanufacturing (IFM) to provide relevant experiential training for students in semiconductor technology. Key activities...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $9,466,380 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to Florida International University (FIU) to design, build, and operate a new Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory for Coastal Conservation and Restoration (RASCAR). The project involves renovating and constructing several facilities, totaling over 28,800 square feet, to house laboratories, computing/data centers, and specialized...
The University of Dayton Research Institute was awarded a $1,999,996 Project Grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to procure updated equipment and expand their nanofabrication and materials characterization facility. The enhanced facility will enable the university to provide hands-on training for 3-4 times more students in activities such as customized semiconductor manufacturing training and...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $2,000,000 Project Grant (CFDA 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects) to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to perform renovations and improvements to the RIT Semiconductor and Microsystems Fabrication Laboratory. The grant funds will be used to: 1) Identify and acquire new equipment, and 2) Install the new equipment in the facility. Approximately half the budget will be spent on core infrastructure upgrades to the...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617), is intended to procure advanced equipment for the Morgan State University Center for Education and Research in Microelectronics. The $963,000 award will be used to acquire critical equipment for the center's clean room, including a lithography system, plasma deposition/etch/cleaning tools, a thermal annealer, and a scanning...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617), is intended to accelerate the education and development of engineering students skilled in cyber resiliency and design resilience engineering for industry and government organizations. The $2,323,000 grant will be used by the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH) to improve access to industry-standard...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded a $2,900,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) - College of Staten Island. The funding will be used to upgrade outdated lab equipment in teaching labs serving six academic departments: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering and Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy. This...
This $963,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects (CFDA 11.617) program will fund the University of Cincinnati to upgrade and expand the equipment in its Mantei Center Clean Room facility. The upgrades will include procuring a Denton sputtering system and an automatic wafer mapping ellipsometer, which will enhance the university's semiconductor manufacturing workforce development programs and enable...
This $799,994 federal Project Grant was awarded on August 26, 2024 by the Department of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to Florida International University (FIU). The grant will fund the development of an X-ray diffraction system for materials characterization at extreme environments over a 1-year performance period ending on August 25, 2025. FIU, designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and one of the largest...