Funder · Federal agency

CHIPS for America (CHIPS Program Office / CHIPS R&D Office)

Administers United States semiconductor manufacturing initiatives, including support for domestic capacity, innovation, and supply chain strength.

United Stateswww.nist.gov

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Programs5

Active grants2

Total grants5

About

CHIPS for America sits under the U.S. Department of Commerce and is run through the CHIPS Program Office and the CHIPS Research and Development Office at NIST. It administers the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, with $39 billion for manufacturing incentives and $11 billion for research and development.

Its incentives channel can use grants, federal loans, and loan guarantees for semiconductor facil…

Programs & grants under this funder

CHIPS Incentives: Commercial Fabrication Facilities

Funds U.S. companies constructing, expanding, or modernizing commercial semiconductor fabrication facilities for leading-edge, current-generation, and mature-node chips.

1 grant

CHIPS Incentives: Commercial Fabrication Facilities

Closed

— pool

CHIPS Incentives — Semiconductor Materials & Equipment Facilities

Funds construction and expansion of domestic semiconductor materials and equipment manufacturing facilities.

1 grant

CHIPS Incentives: Semiconductor Materials & Equipment NOFO

Open

— pool·69 days

CHIPS Metrology SBIR — Phase I

Funds U.S. small businesses developing semiconductor measurement tools, instrumentation, and metrologies for the domestic chip-making supply chain.

1 grant

CHIPS Metrology SBIR — Phase I

Closed

$54M pool

CHIPS NAPMP: Materials and Substrates R&D

Funds U.S. companies and institutions developing advanced packaging substrates and substrate materials to accelerate domestic semiconductor supply chain capacity.

1 grant

CHIPS NAPMP: Materials and Substrates R&D

Closed

$300M pool

CHIPS R&D Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Helps The CHIPS technical innovation Broad Agency Announcement the primary live channel all CHIPS technical innovation funding.

1 grant

CHIPS R&D BAA — White Paper

Open

— pool·1133 days

Parent entityNational Institute of Standards and Technology

Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: www.nist.gov