CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
Funds large microelectronics research, prototyping and commercial-solution projects for the CHIPS programme, with every award starting at eight figures.
Semiconductor supply chains became a national security question, and the CHIPS Act created a dedicated office inside NIST to fund the research response.
The CHIPS Research and Development Office funds research, prototyping and commercial solutions that advance microelectronics technology in the United States — work aimed at strengthening domestic chip design, fabrication and packaging capability.…
Research, prototyping and commercial-solution projects that advance microelectronics technology in the United States, open to for-profit companies, non-profit organisations, accredited institutions of higher education and Federally Funded Research and Development Centres, restricted to domestic entities.
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